[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]בִּזְכוּת The basic word for thanks is תודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]. But to say that a good thing happened thanks to someone or something – owing to someone or something, the expression is בזכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /] – literally, in merit of. It’s a grateful way of saying that one thing caused another. For example: [audioclip…
לְהִתְחַפֵּשׂ listen to this word pronounced Purim‘s coming up on Sunday in most of Israel and the world and on Monday in Jerusalem. Among other traditions kept, Jews throughout the world will be dressing up in costumes. A costume or disguise is a תַּחְפֹּשֶׂת (tahkh-POH-set). To dress up in a costume is לְהִתְחַפֵּש (leh-heet-khah-PES). For example,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]לוּחַ מָחִיק The Hebrew word for board or tablet – לוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /] – is as old as the Ten Commandments. More than one board or tablet is לוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]. A whiteboard in Hebrew is לוח מחיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /] – literally, an erasable board. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]פעם לא היו לוחות מחיקים, ומורים היו כותבים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /]הַחֶבְרָה The letters ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-2.m4a” /] form a very common root in Hebrew, representing the concept of connection. This root appears in words such as חברים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-3.m4a” /] – friends, להתחבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-4.m4a” /] – to connect, and חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-5.m4a” /] – society, more typically seen as החברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /] – literally, the society. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-6.m4a” /]אי אפשר להאשים את החברה…
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