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Nov 9, 2011

how to say "a dream come true" in Hebrew


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חֲלוֹם שֶׁהִתְגַּשֵּׁם




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A while back I did an entry on making a dream come true - in the active sense. The expression was לְהַגְשִׁים חֲלוֹם (leh-hahg-SHEEM khah-LOHM), with להגשים being an active-causative verb. I wrote that rain - גֶּשֶׁם (GHEH-shem) - is invoked as the root of the concept of materializing, or coming true


Since I'll be playing a Shlomo Artzi song on my radio show today at noon Israel time, using the term to come true, I thought I'd introduce it properly here: לְהִתְגַּשֵּׁם (leh-heet-gah-SHEM). This is a reflexive-intensive verb.


Thus a dream come true, in Hebrew, חֲלוֹם שֶׁהִתְגַּשֵּׁם (khah-LOHM sheh-heet-gah-SHEM) - literally, a dream that has come true.





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