how to say “cheeks” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-1.m4a” /]רֵד מֵהָעֵץ We’ve seen that the word לרדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-2.m4a” /] means to get off, as in לרדת מהאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-3.m4a” /] – to get off the bus. In the imperative – get off! – this is רד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-4.m4a” /] when speaking to a male, רדי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-5.m4a” /] to a female and רדו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-6.m4a” /] to a group. לרדת מנושא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-7.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-1.m4a” /]אַבִּיר The chorus of Danny Sanderson’s love song זה הכל בשבילך [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-2.m4a” /] features a woman scolding her love for his naivety, nevertheless assuring him: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-3.m4a” /]כך או כך תישאר האביר שלי. Either way, you’ll remain my knight. The Hebrew word for knight is אביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-1.m4a” /]. Note that the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אביר-4.m4a” /] is a…

הָעֲלִילָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עלילה-1.mp3″ /]   With the action heating up in the Torah portions, I figure that now’s a good time to introduce the Modern-Hebrew word for a story’s plot – עֲלִילָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עלילה-2.mp3″ /]. To be sure, עלילה comes from Biblical Hebrew, where it means deed and wantonness. But Modern Hebrew lowers the flames on this…