15 “Wombos” (Word Combinations) You Need to Know in Hebrew

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15 “Wombos” (Word Combinations) You Need to Know in Hebrew

1. סוף שבוע) סופ”ש)

Translation: weekend

Transliteration: soh-fahsh

2. סכין + כף + מזלג) סכו”ם)

Translation: utensils / cutlery (knife + spoon + fork)

Transliteration: sah-koom (sah-keen + kahf + mahz-leg)

3. צבא הגנה לישראל) צה”ל)

Translation: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)

Transliteration: tzah-hahl (tzah-vah hah-gah-nah leh-yees-rah-el)

4. מזל טוב) מזל”ט)

Translation: congratulations

Transliteration: mahz-laht (mah-zal tov)

5. בלתי מתוכנן) בלת”ם)

Translation: unplanned

Transliteration: bahl-tahm (beel-tee meh-tooch-nahn)

6. חזרה לשיגרה) חזל”ש)

Translation: back to normal

Transliteration: chahz-lahsh (chah-zer-ah leh-shee-grah)

7. קורות חיים) קו”ח)

Translation: résumé / CV

Transliteration: kohch (kor-oht chai-eem)

8. דתי לשעבר) דתל”ש)

Translation: formerly religious

Transliteration: daht-lash (dah-tee leh-sheh-ah-var)

9. שנת צהריים) שנ”צ)

Translation: nap

Transliteration: sh’nahtz (sh’naht tzah-hah-rai-eem)

10. גבינה צהובה) גבנ”צ)

Translation: yellow cheese

Transliteration: gahv’natz (g’vee-nah tzoo-vah)

11. לוח זמנים) לו”ז)

Translation: schedule

Transliteration: looz (l00-ahch z’mahn-eem)

12. חוץ לארץ) חו“ל)

Translation: outside of Israel, abroad

Transliteration: chool (chootz lah-ar-etz)

13. דרישת שלום) ד”ש)

Translation: regards (e.g. send my regards)

Transliteration: dahsh (dree’shaht shah-lohm)

14. להט”ב

Translation: LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)

Transliteration: lah-hah-tahb

15. נמל התעופה בן-גוריון) נתב”ג)

Translation: Ben-Gurion Airport

Transliteration: naht-bahg (nah-mahl hah-teh-oo-fah ben goo-ree-ohn)

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15 “Wombos” (Word Combinations) You Need to Know in Hebrew

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The past year has been an emotional rollercoaster – moving from the shock, pain, and sadness of unimaginable events to the moments of hope we felt with each hostage coming home, each family reunited, and every soldier returning safely. Alongside this, we’ve found countless reasons to be grateful – for the incredible outpouring of support from civilians, and for the things we still hold dear, like our families, our partners, and our community. But these feelings are always mixed with the ache and despair that everyone in Israel still carries, even now.
I’d say the best way to describe how everyone around me is feeling is רגשות מעורבים (reh-gah-shoht meh-oh-rah-veem), which means “mixed emotions.” רגש (reh-gehsh) means “an emotion” in singular, but in plural, רגשות, it might sound feminine with the “OHT” ending. But here’s the catch: this doesn’t change the gender of the noun or the adjective that follows, which still matches the singular form. So, it’s מעורבים and not מעורבות. It’s just one of those quirks of Hebrew that’s tricky to explain.