how to say “unique” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /]זָקוּק ל… The basic way of saying I need in Hebrew is אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. But to say that someone is in need of something, we use another word that expresses greater urgency: זקוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] for a male and זקוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] for a female….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /]מְחִיר The Hebrew word for price – מחיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – sounds like it might be related to למכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – to sell, which in the past tense is מכרתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – I sold, מכרנו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /] – we sold, etc. But the roots are different: the root of מחיר is מ.ח.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מחיר-#.m4a” /],…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]סְנַפִּירִים You may recognize the word סנפיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /] – fin – if you’re familiar with the biblical passages about animals that Jews eat and don’t eat: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]אֶת זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת… (ויקרא י”א, ט’) This you shall eat from all that are in the water:…