5 Elections, 3 Years: Inside Israel’s Knesset

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]הִתְקַדְּמוּת The Hebrew root ק.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] means early/first/before. It’s the root of the word !קדימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] – let’s go!, literally, ahead! It’s also the root of להתקדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] – to advance or to make progress. Thus advancement or progress are התקדמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]אנחנו חיים בעולם של התקדמות בקצב מסחרר. We live in a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /]מַפְתִּיעַ You may know the Hebrew word for a surprise – הפתעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /]זאת מסיבת הפתעה, אל תגלו לו! It’s a surprise party, don’t (you guys) tell him! הפתעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] derives from the הפעיל verb להפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] – to surprise.  Likewise, something surprising is מפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] (something…

  לְאַבֵּד, לְהַפְסִיד  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     In most cases, English is the one with more words for a single idea. Sometimes, however, Hebrew is.   One example is to lose, where Hebrew has two words:   לְאַבֵּד  listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb, refers to losing a person or an…