5 Elections, 3 Years: Inside Israel’s Knesset

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להפעיל-#.m4a” /]לְהַפְעִיל All week we’ve been seeing verbs of the הפעיל form. But does the word הפעיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להפעיל-#.m4a” /] itself mean anything? If so, what? הפעיל is a form of the verb להפעיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להפעיל-#.m4a” /] – to activate or to operate – also to turn something (electric) on. Its root is פ.ע.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להפעיל-#.m4a” /] meaning action. For…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /]מוּאָר הֵיטֵב While to light something such as a candle or an incandescent bulb is להדליק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /], to light up or to brighten is להאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /]. Both these words are הפעיל verbs, the first from the root ד.ל.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /] and the second from the three-letter word אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מואר-#.m4a” /] meaning light. Something lit-up is מואר[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הַכְחָשָׁה To deny, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]היא הכחישה את מה שהוא אמר לגביה. She denied what he said about her. The noun form of להכחיש is הכחשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /] – denial. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הוא לגמרי בהכחשה לגבי מה שקרה. He’s totally in…