how to say “posture” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-1.m4a” /]הִרְהוּרִים While השתקפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-2.m4a” /] is reflection in the visual sense, הרהור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-3.m4a” /] is means reflection in the sense of thoughtfulness. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-4.m4a” /]היא עסוקה בהרהורי תשובה. She is occupied with thoughts (reflections) of repentance. One could also say that she is pensive – מהורהרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-5.m4a” /]. For a male, it’s מהורהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרהורים-6.m4a” /]….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/יום-חול-1.m4a” /]יוֹם חוֹל While Saturday and Sunday in most Western countries are days off, the average secular person today don’t consider either one of them particularly holy in the religious sense. Hebrew, however, makes that distinction, so that even secular Jews call Sunday through Friday ימי חול [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/יום-חול-2.m4a” /] – weekdays, or literally,…

While מחובר means connected, מנותק means disconnected. For example: הטלפון הקווי שלהם מנותק כבר שנתיים. Their landline has been disconnected for two years now. It can also mean disconnected in the psychological sense, as in: נראה לי שהוא קצת מנותק מהמציאות. I think he’s a bit out of touch with (disconnected from) reality. מנותק is a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-1.m4a” /]קֹדֶם כֹּל The Hebrew equivalent of the English expression first of all is קודם כול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-1.m4a” /], often written קודם כל. קודם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-2.m4a” /] means initially or before, and כול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-3.m4a” /] means all, so קודם כול means literally, before all. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-4.m4a” /]אתה יכול לצאת, אבל קודם כול אתה צריך לשטוף כלים. You (a…