In Hebrew, the word for poem is שיר (sheer) — the same word used for song.
The verb “to sing” is לשיר (la-sheer), and a poet is a משורר / משוררת (meh-shoh-rehr \ meh-shoh-reh-reht) stemming from the exact root.

This isn’t a coincidence. In ancient times, poems weren’t read silently on a page — they were sung, chanted, and performed. The Song of Songs, the most sensual book in the Bible, is called שיר השירים (Sheer Hah-Shee-reem) — literally “the song of songs,” or the greatest song of all.

So next time you read a poem in Hebrew, remember: somewhere inside it, there’s a melody waiting to come out.

Faith in Hebrew is אמונה (eh-moo-nah). But here’s where it gets interesting: the same root א.מ.ן gives us a whole family of connected words.

להאמין (leh-hah-ah-meen) means to believe. אמון (eh-moon) means trust. And אמן (ah-mehn) – yes, the same Amen you hear everywhere – literally means “it is true” or “so be it.”

Faith and trust share the same DNA in Hebrew; they’re inseparable. To have אמונה is to place your אמון in something, someone, or even in life itself.

So every time you say אמן, you’re almost declaring: I believe. I trust.

In Hebrew, between is בין (behn). Simple. But when you’re stuck between two choices, pulled in opposite directions, unable to decide? That’s when you’re בין לבין (behn leh-behn) – caught in between.

Unlike English, prepositions in Hebrew change shape depending on who they’re talking about. If I want to keep something to myself, I would leave it ביני לבין עצמי (beh-nee le-behn ahts-mee), literally “between me and myself”.

If you tell me something private, trusting me to keep it quiet, you’d say בינינו (beh-neh-noo) “between us.” Kind of like a verbal pinky promise.

Fun fact: You’ll see this phrase written two ways – בין לבין or בין ובין – using different connecting letters. Both appear in the Bible according to the Hebrew Academy, so both options are valid. Even the grammar can’t decide between the two!