how to say “coming full circle” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? כַּנָּ”ל listen and repeat For those of you in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv… Our Level 2 and 4 courses are set to start soon! Jerusalem . Tel Aviv In most societies, people are assumed nice until proven otherwise. That’s why we say “nice to meet you” in English, נָעִים מְאֹד listen…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-1-3.m4a” /]עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת While the Hebrew word ארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-2-3.m4a” /] – probably related to the English earth – means country, land and, well earth, the word אדמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-3-3.m4a” /] means ground. אדמה is the more humble, (ironically) down-to-earth word, of the same root as אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-4-3.m4a” /] – Adam or man, he who comes from the ground…
having trouble seeing the print? קָצִין Hebrew courses starting Sunday in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv I’m taking the day off to attend my cousin’s טֶקֶס סִיּוּם קוּרְס קְצִינִים – officers’ graduation ceremony. That phrase provides a great example of how language picks up from its environment as the generations go by. Here’s the phrase broken down etymologically, in reverse chronological…
שרב This one was requested by Ruti. If you would like to request a word to be featured on Ktzat Ivrit, please click. It’s still summer in Israel. The bike ride from my rented German Colony apartment to Yeshivat HaKotel in the Old City (where I deliver Ivrit La-Inyan classes) requires that I…
[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]הִתְחַשְּׁבוּת The Hebrew word for thought is מחשבה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]רואים שהיא השקיעה המון מחשבה בהודעה שהיא כתבה. You can see she put in a lot of thought into the message she wrote. What about thoughtfulness or consideration? That’s התחשבות[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /], a word that often…