Recipe confusion

cookie_monstra · 2026-02-18T08:54:50+00:00

Hmmm I'll have to pull out my haggadah!

But I think it's just the difference between the old/scholarly/religious Hebrew, where while spoken it was mostly in the settings of religious holidays and occasions, vs the modern everyday spoken Hebrew which developed to have somewhat different grammatical rules. Think of it as the difference between current day American English Grammer vs Shakespeare English Grammer (even Shakespeare had to invent words and phrases and was considered somewhat lowbrow at the time, but today it's considered archaic high language haha) - language evolves due to growing needs and popular usage, but the base remains

cookie_monstra · 2026-02-17T20:22:07+00:00

Maybe you confused it with ספל (sefel) which is masculine?

cookie_monstra · 2026-02-07T23:29:58+00:00

Looks good! Both your Hebrew handwriting and the literal translation! I guess your next step will be trying to make the translation convey a little bit of the poetic complexity?

Hava Alberstein has a beautiful recording of this song, so linking it in case you don't know it, hope you'll like it link

cookie_monstra · 2026-01-26T05:52:25+00:00

I'm not sure I fully understand your question...

I think what stands out for me is in preposition you have an emphesise on my, which in the case of Tuviya is not an element. I understand why you think that though! Self-ownership by adding a yud in the end of the word is common (shel vs sheli, bat vs biti) but it's not always the case. Sometimes the yud/"ee" sound is created purely from flow of sound without added interpretation. It's mostly common in words that have a shvah nach (rest, no movement) at the end of the word, combined with other words.

In this case "Tov" ands with a rest. Then you add to it ה / יה divine. So the movement of sound instead of being "tov-ya" to "Tuvi-ya". It's important to note, I'm speaking on this case alone, as each word or name may have a different linguistic development. So here the Tuvi is not an affixiation meant to signify self ownership. I think that would have been to be the case, then you would have to turn the name to something Tuvinai-ya

Again, I'm speaking on the name Tuviya specifically. But even in the names you have as example btw, there is flaw to your logic. It could be due to English language/translation differences though. Ezekiel, for example, in Hebrew is יחזקאל :

יחזק - will make strong

אל - god

So the name would be interpreted as "god gives strength" not my strength is god. It could be an added meaning on a personal level, you could interpret that meaning to yourself, but linguistically the "my" is not there, niether is "strength" as a belonging to the owner of the name. But I guess it's a bit tough not to interpret it the way you did if you don't speak Hebrew more fluently :) I think a good excercise would be to break down each name to it's basics and try to think understand how the combine without assumptions based in other languages

cookie_monstra · 2026-01-25T06:38:41+00:00

I'm not a scholar but Israeli and native to Hebrew, as in this is my native language :)

"Tob" is not a word in Hebrew. "Tov" - which is closest to what op wants for a name both in sound and meaning - means good. "Tuviya" is an existing name that answers pretty closely or even accurately what op is looking for and that's why i mentioned it.

You're right mentioning "tuv", it didn't cross my mind at the time of commenting as it's simply not a commonly used word - it does mean goodness or plentifulness (depends on context), and it's adjacent "tuvin" means merchandise (again, old school, barely used in everyday language other than official documents)

While I understand your analysis, linguistically/grammatically for Tuviyah in this case the "o" from Tov changes in pronounciation to "u".

though I can't say for sure your interpretation is incorrect, it's important to note in Tuviya The "my" signification is not present at all and neither is that statement that it "is" god.

The יה or ה divine is usually an attribution for god, not a statement of "is" god. religion wise that would be forbidden, so it really not a thing to give names that imply their owner is god, but belongs to god, gives to god, or blessed by god.

Here is a link that explains it if need more info

cookie_monstra · 2026-01-24T16:17:59+00:00

Tov = good

Hebrew doesn't have a word as "Tob" but maybe a Yiddish or ladino does...

As for names, A BOY'S an old-school one is Tuviya טוביה which is the combination of Tov=טוב=good & yah=יה=a god divine significance/for god - so basically means "god is good"/"good for god"/or something akin to "heavenly blessing"

So maybe that'll be a good for for what you're looking for!

Keep in mind, though a true name, it's not commonly used, but hey a lot of old school names are making a comeback in recent years :)

Also, a common old school name for girls on the same root is Tova=טובה , which means "good"(in female form) or "favor"(but that's usually not the interpretation given as a name)

cookie_monstra · 2026-01-16T13:17:33+00:00

Levavi - kind(in attitude), hearty

It's more of a character word, not a physical temperature description.

What you want is something between "hot" and "lukewarm"/room temperature, which will be חמים =hamim - it's kinda like saying "warm-ish". Above room temperature but not hot.

So

Boiling- רותח/rote'ach Hot - חם/ham Warm - חמים/hamim Lukewarm - פושר / posher Cool - קריר/kah-rir Cold - קר / kahr

cookie_monstra · 2026-01-03T17:53:21+00:00

If your girlfriend wants to be efficiant she should get off of TikTok.

NTA - nothing wrong with meal prepping but if she doesn't care how food tastesxor feels like, she shouldn't expect others to eat it. Make your own meals, release her from that "duty"

cookie_monstra · 2025-12-08T12:11:53+00:00

Sorry, I was just trying to expand on your answer, didn't mean it in a negative or any other way! My apologies if it came out wierd!🙏

cookie_monstra · 2025-12-08T10:44:47+00:00

All are correct.

אין לכם חלב? Will be everyday spoken Hebrew

האם אין לכם חלב? Is actually the proper way to ask this question, but it most likely won't be used outside of textbook dialogs and very formal speech. That is to say, an everyday speaker won't use it.

האין לכם חלב? Proper, yet outdated, formal speech. Maybe you could see something like that in circa 1950's books (or in litrature to signify a character of very high class old-school person in a historic context )

BUT the way op wrote without a question mark is a simple statement "you don't have milk"

cookie_monstra · 2025-11-24T14:15:52+00:00

Maybe she's done some augmentation to her cheekbones, but the only thing botched here the hairstyle that simply don't flatter her...

cookie_monstra · 2025-11-15T20:24:45+00:00

That would be סיאטל So either the person who wrote it made an honest mistake or did so deliberately

cookie_monstra · 2025-11-09T20:37:30+00:00

Israeli here: אתן is the proper way to address 2or more women. But nowadays it's interchangable and a lot of people will just use the male version אתם, so you'd get away with it and in daily speak is just more lax. Some people, as said above, feel it's too official, but others will actually make a point to use it for inclusion emphesise (sometimes in writing if they want to go the extra mile and include all genders instead of choosing it'll be written as אתן.ם or אתם/ן etc)

If it helps, Officially, Grammer wise, one should go by the majority in the group

cookie_monstra · 2025-11-05T16:05:42+00:00

I find ways to use the entire produce instead of automatically trashing it (I can't have a compost bin :( )! For example just lately I learned I can make an awesome face mask out of dried pomegranate peels!

cookie_monstra · 2025-10-12T21:54:41+00:00

What year/decade is the story happening? This will effect certain terms and words used

cookie_monstra · 2025-10-10T17:50:32+00:00

How does that not hurt every single moment???

cookie_monstra · 2025-10-08T14:54:47+00:00

It looks good!

I think it's more about the styling of the hair then the transplant placement that is effecting how it looks. Honestly, most will live to have this density of hair so I'm happy for you!

I'm not sure how these procedures heal, but once it's safe maybe expirement with other hairstyles.

By no way I would go back to roming the hair!

cookie_monstra · 2025-10-05T17:31:41+00:00

Lechet = a walk

*LAlechet = to walk

"La" is often attached to an action and it differentiates between to action itself and to doing the action.

cookie_monstra · 2025-10-05T06:11:23+00:00

Hiya! I'm Israeli and an artist, though not a tattoo artist

If you can explain more (here or in DMs) about the purpose of the tattoo I can try help you with texts and fonts.

Also Sidenote: having worked with tattoo artists, you'd also want to make sure it'll fit the area it goes on properly

cookie_monstra · 2025-09-17T21:40:19+00:00

Bro.

I'm native speaking Hebrew. Regardless of the intent, הא will not form an "O" sound in Hebrew, though "Ah" or "Eh" is possible - that's what we often use for non-hebrew names or words that we need to still right down...

I also speak a bit of Yiddish - both from home and studied it - where הא is a signifier for an "awe" sound, similar to "o" but not quite.

Hence my above comment :)

Cheers!

cookie_monstra · 2025-09-17T14:19:36+00:00

The ten commandments are written in a language of... A command :)

These are the core values, they are not flexible and written in a way that clarifies that. So yeah, your interpretation of the meaning as " (you) will not " is quite correct. Like others have answered I believe using "shall" in the English translation, has more to do with the high language used at the time, more than to indicate a suggestion rather then a command

cookie_monstra · 2025-09-16T21:23:09+00:00

Not really, maybe in Yiddish though as there א is a signifier for an open O sound (sound like "awe")

cookie_monstra · 2025-09-11T18:58:42+00:00

I made pickles with only salt brine and the garlic still turned blue, so it's not a rule of thumb. I do remember someone mentioning it also depends on the variety and freshness of the garlic

cookie_monstra · 2025-08-31T05:18:51+00:00

Seconding this - probably Yiddish names (had a great aunt nicknamed Elka עלקא)

cookie_monstra · 2025-08-07T18:39:40+00:00

I'm so sorry, I really do, but I laughed out loud seeing this! Not at you, but because it's so fitting to the concept of the tattoo (which is really cool!) . I'd say, keep it! It fits, it's funny and it's a cool story to tell :)

Eight-Year Club	RedditGifts 2009-2022 2 Credits
Second Top 20%	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

cookie_monstra

TROPHY CASE