how to say “can’t see the forest for the trees” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/להציק-#.m4a” /]לְהָצִיק להציק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/להציק-#.m4a” /], also means to poke, but its main usage is to pester. For example: הוא אלוף בלהציק לאחותו.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/להציק-#.m4a” /] He’s excellent at pestering his sister. להציק is an active-causative הפעיל verb of the root צ.ו.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/להציק-#.m4a” /]. Note that להציק – literally to pester – means here pestering, though הצקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/להציק-#.m4a” /] also…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁבָה Some of you may know this word from the Religious-Zionist camps of North America, Camp Moshava. Without insinuating that Jews and Israelis are trying to take over the world, מושבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /] does mean colony. In today’s usage, מושבה generally refers to neighborhoods in Israel established by foreign nations such the Greeks and…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-1.m4a” /]לִרְמוֹז, לְרַמֵּז You may know the Hebrew word for traffic light – רמזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-2.m4a” /]. This word combines two others: רמז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-3.m4a” /] – hint (in our case, an indication) and אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-4.m4a” /] – light. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/לרמוז-5.m4a” /]בצמתים רבים בארץ יש כיכר במקום רמזור. At many intersections in Israel there is a roundabout instead of…