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how to say “iceberg” in Hebrew
קַרְחוֹן Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the word for ice – קֶרַח . קרח appears in Biblical Hebrew, but the original readers of the Bible had no need for a term for iceberg, since none could be found anywhere near the land of Israel. So Modern Hebrew had to invent a word – קַרְחוֹן For example: הַטִּיטָנִיק פָּגְעָה…
how to say “power” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? כֹּחַ, עָצְמָה BEGINNERS Hebrew Course Starts Mid-February Jerusalem . Tel Aviv The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world depicts a great demonstration of power. Watch this video to learn some Hebrew terms about the concept of power. This week’s video! Another great way to build your Hebrew vocabulary: with a…
Hebrew for income (tax)
מס הכנסה The great American institution, the IRS, has an Israeli equivalent. It’s called מַס הַכְנָסָה (mahs hakh-nah-SAH) – literally, income tax. לְהַכְנִיס (le-hakh-NEES) is to insert or to cause to come in – so its noun form is הכנסה – income. מַס is a Biblical Hebrew word that means something to…
how to say “private jet” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /]מָטוֹס פְּרָטִי Once upon a time, airplanes in English were called aeroplanes, Aeroplane has fallen out of use, at least in the US. Likewise, Israelis used to call a plane אווירון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], deriving from the word אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /] – air. But today the common word is מטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/מטוס-פרטי-#.m4a” /], which derives from the word לטוס[audioclip…
how to say “reply” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]תְּגוּבָה The word תגובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /] means reaction or response, derving from the הפעיל verb להגיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]ניסיתי לגרום לו להגיב… אבל אין תגובה! I tried getting him to react… but there’s no response! תגובה and להגיב also means reply, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]בעוד כמה דקות אגיב למייל ששלחת,…
8 of the Sweetest Words in Hebrew
The Hebrew root מ.ת.ק[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] is the sweetest there is - it means sweet, and it appears in the bunch of delightful words and expressions you'll find below. 1. מָתוֹק, מְתוּקָה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] - sweet The basic adjective for sweet is מתוק[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] for something grammatically masculine and מתוקה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] for something...