To conclude the nutrition series of Ktzat Ivrit, here’s the word for sodium: נַתְרָן (naht-RAHN). What is the etymology behind נתרן? I’ve got no clue. If you do, let me know!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /]מַטֶּה The word מטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /] means staff, as in the biblical command of God to Moses: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /]קַח אֶת הַמַּטֶּה וְהַקְהֵל אֶת הָעֵדָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ (במדבר כ’, ח’) Take the staff and gather the congregation, you and Aaron your brother. (Numbers 20:8) מטה also means tribe in Biblical Hebrew (I guess people…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנומס-1.m4a” /]מְנֻמָּס Some might scoff and say there’s no word in Hebrew for polite. And, in a way, they’d be right, since the word מנומס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנומס-1.m4a” /] – polite – comes to Hebrew via the Greek word νομος (nomos) meaning law or custom. Thus manners in Hebrew are נימוסים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנומס-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנומס-3.m4a” /]אין להם נימוסים. They have no manners. Here’s מנומס…
שְׁפַן נִסָּיוֹן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/guinea-pig-5.mp3″ /] When referring to that furry little animal the guinea pig, Israelis use either קַבְיָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/guinea-pig-2.mp3″ /] or חֲזִיר יָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/guinea-pig-3.mp3″ /] (literally, sea pig). But the proverbial guinea pig gets a different term: שְׁפַן נִסְּיוֹנוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/guinea-pig-4.mp3″ /] – rabbit or coney (whatever that is) of experiments, or שְׁפַן נִסָּיוֹן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/guinea-pig-5.mp3″ /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]לְפַנּוֹת To clear something out of the way is the פיעל verb לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]פינינו את כל הרהיטים בסלון כדי לפתוח את השולחן הגדול. We cleared out all the furniture in the living room in order to open the big table. לפנות also means to evacuate: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]הם…