how to say “jumpy” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/בכנות-#.m4a” /]בְּכֵנוּת, בְּכֵּנוּת The Hebrew word for honesty is כנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/בכנות-#.m4a” /], so honestly – or with honesty – is בכנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/בכנות-#.m4a” /]. While according to the rules of Hebrew grammar the כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/בכנות-#.m4a” /] in the word should be pronounced as a coarse kh sound, the vast majority of Israelis pronounce it with a hard k…

  רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The word תַּחַת  listen and repeat means below or under, while מִתַּחַת  listen and repeat means underneath (literally, from under) as in:   הַנְּיָרוֹת נִמְצָאִים מִתַּחַת לַשֻּׁלְחָן. The papers are under the table.  listen    תחת also means one’s behind in slang.    תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat means the bottom…

Correction to earlier post: A couple of readers pointed out to me that while Israel’s diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan, the stock exchange is in Tel Aviv. This information is now reflected in the corresponding post. אַכְזָבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אכזבה-1.mp3″ /] Disappointment is that feeling we get after being let down after we had formed an expectation….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-1.m4a” /]הַפְקָדָה The ancient Hebrew root פ.ק.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-2.m4a” /] means visit, attend or appoint. It shows up in Modern Hebrew in words such as פקיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-3.m4a” /] – clerk or someone appointed for a job and תפקיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-4.m4a” /] – role or job. It also appears in the active-causative verb to deposit (to appoint someone or something such as a bank as a trustee of sorts)…