how to say “unity” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? דּוֹמֶה check out music.ulpan.com To express that someone looks like someone else, or that something looks like something else, use the word meaning resembles: דּוֹמֶה (one male/masculine object) דּוֹמָה (one female/feminine object) דּוֹמִים (more than one male/masculine object) דּוֹמוֹת (more than one female/feminine object) הַתְּאוֹמִים מְאֹד דּוֹמִים. The twins looks a lot alike. The similarity that דומה expresses is not limited to the…
[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/2015/05/אשרת-כניסה-1.m4a” /]אַשְׁרַת כְּנִיסָה Perhaps you know the Hebrew expression for credit card – כרטיס אשראי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשרת-כניסה-2.m4a” /]. The word אשראי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשרת-כניסה-3.m4a” /] comes from Aramaic, from the root ש.ר.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשרת-כניסה-4.m4a” /] meaning strength, security. A related word, coined by former Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, is אשרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אשרת-כניסה-5.m4a” /] – visa. So an entry visa is אשרת כניסה[audioclip…
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מוֹרֶה מַחְלִיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מורה-מחליף-1.mp3″ /] Some of our students believe that our teachers are so good that they have superhuman powers. But the truth is that even these teachers get sick on occasion or otherwise need a substitute for a lesson or two. The Hebrew term for substitute teacher is מוֹרֶה מַחְלִיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מורה-מחליף-1.mp3″ /] – literally, a teacher…
אָכֵן Can’t read Hebrew yet? Indeed once was a common word in English. Today it’s used more often than not sarcastically or smugly (though sometimes it’s used sincerely as well). Its Hebrew equivalent, אָכֵן , is used in a similar vein. For example: סִיַּמְתָּ אֶת כָּל הָעֲבוֹדָה שֶׁלְּךָ לְהַיּוֹם? אָכֵן….