[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעגל-פינות-1.m4a” /]לְעַגֵּל פִּנּוֹת Last week we saw the Hebrew expression for to tie up loose ends – לסגור פינות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעגל-פינות-2.m4a” /] – literally, to close corners. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעגל-פינות-3.m4a” /]סגירת פינות היא סימן של מקצועיות. Tying up loose ends is a mark of professionalism. Don’t confuse לסגור פינות with another expression – לעגל פינות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לעגל-פינות-1.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-1-1.m4a” /]נֶשֶׁק If you’re a male entering an Israeli mall, you’re likely to encounter a security guard who will ask you: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-2.m4a” /]יש לך נשק? Do you have a weapon? Alternatively, he or she might say, ?אתה חמוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-3.m4a” /] – are you armed? נשק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נשק-1-1.m4a” /] means weapon and is sometimes used to refer to weapons…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /]אֲוִויר The Hebrew word for air – אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – is borrowed from the Greek (ἄηρ = aer). It appears in such phrases as מזג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – weather, מיזוג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – air conditioning and לעשות שמיניות באוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – doing figure eights in the air (same idea as jumping through hoops in…