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Apr 18 2022

Past Intense – the perfect Hebrew expression for Passover

April 18, 2022 / Hebrew, Grammar, Music / 8 minutes of reading

One of my favorite Modern Hebrew expressions, which I teach / review every year when Passover is around the corner, goes like this: What it means is we overcame (literally we passed – עברנו) the Pharoah (פרעה), we shall overcome or pass (נעבור) this (זה) as well (גם). The word את serve as the marker […]

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