I've seen חניה used to mean "parking space", but if I look it up in a dictionary the basic definition seems to be something like "campsite". Is there a more appropriate word for a parking lot?
Golv wrote:אבטחה is an action noun. It denotes the actions taken to secure an object, or sometimes the people performing them. ביטחון isn't an action noun, it may also mean "safety", or "confidence".
Luís wrote:Golv wrote:אבטחה is an action noun. It denotes the actions taken to secure an object, or sometimes the people performing them. ביטחון isn't an action noun, it may also mean "safety", or "confidence".
How would you translate that into English? Something like "security"?
Drink wrote:I don't know what exactly you mean by "Old Hebrew" and "Classical Hebrew". Hebrew is generally divided into these major periods: Epigraphic Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, and Modern Hebrew. All these forms of Hebrew are actually remarkably similar. There are differences of course, but if you know one, you can understand a good amount of the others and learn them easily.
caleteu wrote:Biblical Hebrew has two tenses no longer used in Modern Hebrew, some tenses and benyanim are used differently in some cases, and there are differences in the vocabulary -- besides the fact that Biblical Hebrew doesn't have words for cars, computers, bicycles etc. there are lots of words in Modern Hebrew that don't show up in the Bible, and some words that are in both have changed the meaning.
caleteu wrote:On the practical level, Biblical Hebrew is usually taught just for reading and comprehension, and no one expects you to read so fluently that you wouldn't need a dictionary so most courses use a lot of grammatical terminology.
caleteu wrote:Modern Hebrew is taught for reading, writing and conversation so the material doesn't necessarily rely as much on grammatical terminology. If you have to take Biblical Hebrew anyway, take it first. You will then have a good overview of the verb system, vocalisation etc. which will save you lots of time in modern Hebrew.
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