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how to say “fertile ground” in Hebrew
The Hebrew word for fruit is פרי. For example: רחלי, אולי תאכלי פרי? Racheli, maybe eat a fruit? Fertility – or fruitfulness – is פוריות. Likewise, fertile ground is קרקע פורייה, a place for something to grow, either literal or figurative. For example: קיצוניות – קרקע פורייה לטרור. Extremism – fertile ground for terror. You may have noticed…
How to say “lines” and “queues” in Hebrew
תור The word, תּוֹר (tohr) has various meanings in Hebrew. One of these meanings is a line or a queue. For example, חִכִּיתִי בַּתּוֹר חֲמֵש שָׁעוֹת (hee-KEE-tee bah-TOHR hah-MESH shah-OHT) means I waited in line for five hours. Another usage of this same meaning is תור meaning a place in line, or an appointment….
how to say “disappointment” in Hebrew
Correction to earlier post: A couple of readers pointed out to me that while Israel’s diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan, the stock exchange is in Tel Aviv. This information is now reflected in the corresponding post. אַכְזָבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אכזבה-1.mp3″ /] Disappointment is that feeling we get after being let down after we had formed an expectation….
how to say “sleeping bag” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/שקש-#.m4a” /]שַׂק שֵׁנָה, שק”ש The full expression for sleeping bag in Hebrew is a literal translation from English: שק שינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/שקש-#.m4a” /]. For example, you might see in a storefront: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/שקש-#.m4a” /]כאן מוכרים שקי שינה. Here (we) sell sleeping bags. But most Israelis are likely to use the abbreviated version probably coined by busy…
how to say “to manipulate” or “to maneuver” in Hebrew
Suppose a guy is trying to get through a light traffic jam by maneuvering his way around the other cars. In Hebrew, you’d say, הוּא מְתַמְרֵן בֵּין הַמְּכוֹנִיוֹת (hoo me-tahm-REHN beyn hah-me-khoh-nee-YOHT) – he’s maneuvering among the cars. It’s also the word for to manipulate another person… You could say, הוּא תִּמְרֵן אֶת…
how to say “to listen” in Hebrew – two ways
להקשיב, להאזין The most common word for to listen in Hebrew is . For example, אֲנִי מַקְשִׁיב לְךָ, חָבֵר (ah-NEE mahk-SHEEV leh-KHAH hah-VEHR) means I’m listening to you, friend, when both the speaker and the friend are male. קֶשֶׁב (KEH-shev), with the same root as להקשיב, means attention. Another word is (leh-hah-ah-ZEEN). If you…