Showing posts with label ר. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ר. Show all posts

Friday, March 5, 2010

לרתק

2 different usages:
In art and media its often used to describe some object/person/event that riveted attention
Also means confine
Pronounced: l'ra'tek

Saturday, December 12, 2009

רוח גבית

Hebrew Idiom for: Tail Wind

Literally: back wind
Pronounced: ru'akh gabit

Saturday, February 7, 2009

מרומם

Meaning (and literally): uplifting
Pronounced: m'roe'mem

Similar: התרוממות רוח
Literally: uplifting wind/spirit
Meaning: elation
Pronounced: heat'roe'me'moot ru'ach

Friday, February 6, 2009

רעש וצילצולים

Can serve as the Hebrew for: Brouhaha, sis-boom-bah, fanfare,
Literally: noise/pandemonium (רעש) and ringing/tintinnabulation (צילצולים)
More often used used in the negative connotation like in someone making too much of a fanfare
Pronounced: ra'ash v'Tzil-Zulim, the latter being an onomatopoeia