how to say “businessperson” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /]מוּסָךְ A garage is a place for cars – for storage or for fixing. Until Modern Hebrew came up with מוסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /], Israelis used ‘גאראג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-2.m4a” /] to refer to such a haven. מוסך comes from the root ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-3.m4a” /], the same as that of the leafy roof of a Sukkah (as well…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a” /]לִפְרוֹחַ If you’ve got some basic Hebrew (or have studied at an Israeli university and received a scholarship for tutoring via the program of this name), you probably know the word for flower – פרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a” /]. To flower or to blossom/bloom is the simple verb לפרוח. For example, you may recall the ט”ו בשבט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a”…

לֵב אֶל לֵב The Hebrew word for heart is לב, as in: אין לי לב להגיד להם לא. I don’t have the heart to tell them no. Heart to heart is a literal translation of the English: לב אל לב. For example: דיברנו לב אל לב אל תוך הלילה. We spoke heart to heart into…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]רִכּוּז If you’ve traveled in Israel by bus or by the Jerusalem light rail, you may know how to say central bus station – תחנה מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /]איך מגיעים לתחנה המרכזית? How do you get to the central station? The word מרכזית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ריכוז-#.m4a” /], in the masculine מרכזי[audioclip…