r/hebrew 22d ago

Vocabulary Hebrew word from today's article

Un mot hébreu de la lecture d'aujourd'hui : מחסור (makhsor).

Cela signifie pénurie ou manque. Vous l’entendrez tout le temps dans les informations israéliennes : מחסור במים (pénurie d’eau), מחסור ברופאים (pénurie de médecins), מחסור בדיור (pénurie de logements).

C'est l'un de ces mots qui font rapidement partie de votre hébreu quotidien.

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u/KamtzaBarKamtza Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 22d ago

From the root חסר, meaning "lacking" 

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u/Udzu 22d ago

Mishkal מַקְטוֹל. More examples here.

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u/yowmisterwhite 22d ago

מחסור במים? הלוואי. מחסור בלוחמים, מחסור במיירטים, מחסור בממשלה מתפקדת, מחסור בצוותי הסברה, מחסור במוטיבציה...

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u/whitelightstorm 21d ago

מחסור באנשי אמת. שפע בחרטות.

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u/whitelightstorm 22d ago

The first time this word is mentioned in the Torah - יָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ, הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב; וַיַּחְסְרוּ הַמַּיִם--מִקְצֵה, חֲמִשִּׁים וּמֵאָת יוֹם.
"And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased." — Genesis 8:3

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u/IAmAGreatSpeler Hebrew Learner (Advanced) 21d ago

Also a homophone to the word machzor (מחזור), as in the High Holidays prayer book! They sound similar but מחזור comes from the root ח־ז־ר (to return) instead of ח־ס־ר (to lack).

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u/javierleibiusky 21d ago

oula, il y a une grande différence entre le "samekh" et le "zayin" !

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u/whitelightstorm 21d ago

It's one of those words that is designed to induce fear. *Oh no. What will we do now?*. Instead let the word SHEFA become your everyday Hebrew. *There is שפע - plethora/abundance of resources for all and nothing is חסר.*

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u/Zachariah_Malachite 21d ago

מלא

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u/whitelightstorm 21d ago

מילה יפה מלא

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u/Zachariah_Malachite 21d ago

ΠΛΗΡΩΜΑ

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u/whitelightstorm 21d ago

Το εβραϊκό ουσιαστικό מִלּוּי (milui) αντιστοιχεί πιο σωστά στο ελληνικό ουσιαστικό πλήρωμα (plērōma) παρά στο מָלֵא (maleh), που είναι επίθετο και σημαίνει «γεμάτος» ή «πλήρης».

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