how to say “human shield” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]הֲזָיָה When we see or hear things that are not really there, we’re either dreaming or hallucinating. While to dream in Hebrew is לחלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), to hallucinate is להזות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb). Likewise, hallucination is הזיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]האם זה היה חלום או הזיה? Was that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזומן-1.m4a” /]כֶּסֶף מְזֻמָּן In the Torah portion to be read by Jews around the world this Shabbat, Abraham purchases מערת המכפלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזומן-2.m4a” /] – the Cave of the Patriarchs – with מטבע עובר לסוחר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מזומן-3.m4a” /] – a currency accepted by all merchants. Today there is no gold-standard coin that can be used in Singapore as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁמוֹעַ בְּקוֹל Here’s a Biblical-Hebrew expression that is just as useful today as it was thousands of years ago: לשמוע בקול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /] – to listen to (someone) and obey, literally to listen to the voice of. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /]היא עברה את הגיל שילדים שומעים בקול ההורים שלהם. She passed the age…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פּוֹרִיּוּת The word for fertility in Hebrew is פוריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /], which comes from the blessing in Genesis of God to humanity: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ (בראשית א’, כ”ח) Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land (Genesis 1:28) The root of פוריות is root פ.ר.י/פ.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] – fruit. You…