If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for wise or smart – חָכָם/חֲכָמָה. But sophisticated is more than smart. It takes smart to a whole different level. Thus Hebrew takes the root ח.כ.מ (kh.k.m) and adds a ת (t) to the beginning, taking the meaning of words derived to a whole new level. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]אֵיזֶה יוֹפִי! נֶהֱדָר! In Italian it’s fantastico! In Spanish it’s genial! In English it’s great!… and in Hebrew it’s איזה יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /] or נהדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]! איזה יופי means literally what beauty! For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]איזה יופי שהצלחתם להזיז את הטיסה! How great that you guys managed to change your (the) flight! יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a”…
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נִצָּחוֹן The Biblical Hebrew root נ.צ.ח (n.ts.kh) means power and force, so that the common term in סֵפֶר תְּהִלִּים – the Book of Psalms (SEH-fehr teh-hee-LEEM), לַמְנַצֵּחַ (lahm-nah-TSEH-ahkh), means to/of the one who makes an impact – or one who signs in an exclamatory fashion. Likewise, נֶצַח (NEH-tsahkh) means eternal – that whose force lasts forever. As…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]מַחְמִיא לְךָ We’ve seen that the word for compliment in Hebrew is מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]. To pay a compliment is either לתת מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /] – literally, to give a compliment, or the הפעיל verb להחמיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]תחמיא לי, דוד. Give me a compliment, David. But להחמיא is not just…