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how to say “homeland” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? מוֹלֶדֶת The Torah portion that will be read tomorrow morning by Jews the world over opens with G-d commanding Abram (before he is renamed Abraham) to “go and leave… the place of your birth… to a land that I will show you” – לֵךְ לְךָ… וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ… אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶך (lekh leh-KHAH… oo-mee-moh-lahd-teh-KHAH… el hah-AH-retz ah-SHEHR…
how to say “continent” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-1.m4a” /]יַבֶּשֶׁת The Hebrew word for dry is יבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-2.m4a” /]. So dry land is יבשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-3.m4a” /], as in this partial Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-4.m4a” /]וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָלְכוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם. (שמות י”ד) And the Children of Israel walked on the dry land inside the sea. (Exodus 14) In Biblical Hebrew, יבשה is used synonymously with…
how to say “the fallen” in Hebrew
In English, we talk about someone falling when they die for a cause. In Hebrew we do the same: הנופלים is one way of saying the fallen. For example: היום אנחנו זוכרים את הנופלים. Today we remember the fallen. Another, more distinctly-Hebrew word for one who has fallen in battle is חלל. For example: היום מרכינים…
Special announcement: Live Hebrew course online starting June 27
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how to say “yearly” in Hebrew
The Hebrew word for year is שנה, which ends in the letter ה. Since the letter ה turns into a ת when a word ending with it gets expanded, the word for yearly or annual is שנתי. For example: השבוע הכיתה שלי יוצאת לטיול שנתי בצפון. This week my grade is going on a yearly trip…