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!

Artificial intelligence is taking over the world – so how do you say it in Hebrew?

The word for intelligence in modern Hebrew is חוכמה (chohch-mah), but for AI, we use a more ancient word that appears throughout the scriptures: בינה (bee-nah), wisdom.

Artificial in Hebrew is מלאכותי (meh-lah-choo-tee), which comes from מלאכה – meaning craft or labor. Since בינה is feminine, the complete phrase becomes בינה מלאכותית (bee-nah meh-lah-choo-teet).

Here’s the beautiful part: the verb להבין (leh-hah-veen) – to understand – shares the same root as בינה. Hebrew therefore suggests that there’s a deep connection between understanding and wisdom, or maybe that through understanding we can gain it.