how to say “legal” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-ב-1.m4a” /]אֶשְׂמַח! In English, most feelings are adjectives (with a notable exception of to love): I am happy, she is afraid, they are angry, etc. In Hebrew, they’re verbs: לשמוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-ב-2.m4a” /] – to (be) happy לפחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-ב-3.m4a” /] – to (be) afraid (also in English to fear) לכעוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשמח-ב-4.m4a” /] – to be angry So if your friend invites…

[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…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /]מַנְחֶה If you were living in Israel during the days of the lockdowns, you certainly heard the word הנחיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – guidelines.  הנחיות comes from the הפעיל verb להנחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – to guide, but also to facilitate or to moderate something like a discussion or a game. The person who facilitates or moderates is a מנחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a”…