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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]מִבְטָא Another great word to know from the root ב.ט.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] is מבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] – accent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]יש לה מבטא לועזי. She has a foreign accent. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב לחקות מבטאים שונים. He likes imitating different accents. In Hebrew liturgy, מבטא also refers to verbal expression, as in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-1.m4a” /]לְשַׁפְשֵׁף מַרְפֵּקִים The Hebrew word for elbow is מרפק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-3.m4a” /]דפקתי את המרפק במשקוף, איזה כאב! I bumped my elbow on in the doorway, what pain! Likewise, the English expression to rub elbows – to mingle with someone of desirable social standing – is לשפשף מרפקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-4.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…