how to say “to water the plants” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 12, 2014October 23, 2018

לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַצְּמָחִים

Can’t read Hebrew yet?

The Hebrew word for plant is צֶמַח

, related to the active-simple verb ַלִצְמוֹח

– to grow – as in:

צָמַח לָהּ פֶּרַח יָפֶה בַּגִּנָּה.

A pretty flower grew in her garden.

And to water is the active-causative verb לְהַשְׁקוֹת

, related to the word מַשְׁקֶה

– a drink.

Thus to water the plants is לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַצְּמָחִים

For example:

מִי יַשְׁקֶה לָנוּ אֶת הַצְּמָחִים כְּשֶׁנִּהְיֶה בְּחוּ”ל?

Who will water the plants for us when we’re abroad?

how to say “attached” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 26, 2019March 21, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מְצֹרָף This post isn’t going to talk about attachment in the emotional sense – that’s התקשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] or התחברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /], among other touchy feely options. Rather, we’re here to talk about something attached – מצורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] – to something like an email. It appears in an abbreviation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מצ”ב פירושו “מצורף בזאת.” Matz”av means…

how to say “interpretation” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 25, 2019March 20, 2019

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how to say “guidelines” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 24, 2020March 19, 2020

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how to say “wig” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 1, 2019November 28, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]פֵּאָה The Hebrew term for wig (also toupee) is פאה נוכרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /], usually shortened to simply פאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]זה לא השיער האמיתי שלו, זאת פאה. That’s not his real hair, it’s a wig. (see full conversation) The word פאה itself refers not only to such a hairpiece,…

how to say “size” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 9, 2015October 23, 2018

גֹּדֶל, מִדָּה Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know that the word for big is גָּדוֹל for a masculine object such as a book, and גְּדוֹלָה for a feminine object such as a shirt. Size – or bigness – is גֹּדֶל . For example:…

how to say “pin” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 29, 2020September 24, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]סִיכָּה The word for pin – something sharp you might use to pin two things together – is סיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]נפצעתי מסיכת ביטחון! I got hurt from a safety pin! The root of סיכה is ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of סוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] – Sukkah….

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