how to say “special” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נא-להקיש-1.m4a” /]נָא לְהַקִּישׁ אַחַת To press as in to put pressure in Hebrew is the simple verb ללחוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נא-להקיש-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נא-להקיש-3.m4a” /]לחצתי על הכפתור. I pressed (on) the button. But when pressing buttons on a keypad, Hebrew uses another verb, the active-causative להקיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נא-להקיש-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נא-להקיש-5.m4a” /]לעברית, נא להקיש אחת….
כשרון You probably know the Hebrew word for Kosher – כָּשֵׁר (kah-SHEHR). Literally, the word means prepared. The root כ.ש.ר (k.sh.r) is also used to imply that someone is naturally prepared for some task; that the person has talent or a knack for it. The word for talent or knack is כִּשָּׁרוֹן (kee-shah-ROHN). To say that a person…
מְלָאכָה Hear this word pronounced Cyclone in Australia, earthquake in New Zealand, genocide in Libya, rockets on בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (beh-EHR SHEH-vah) – Beer Sheba… Here’s another song by Ehud Banai about what happens after the storm – that, as is human nature and for good reason, people go back about their business. But the ones who never…
משקפת שחייה This one’s also a request. A few days ago I wrote about the word for swimming – שְׂחִיָּה (se-khee-YAH). You may know the word for glasses – מִשְׁקָפַיִם (meesh-kah-FAH-yeem). The root of the word is ש.ק.פ (sh.k.f), whose core meaning is clarity and transparency. A verb of that root is לְהַשְׁקִיף (le-hahsh-KEEF)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-1.m4a” /]מֶחְקָר In the protocol for investigating the case of the idolatrous city, the Torah writes: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-2.m4a” /]וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב… (דברים י”ג, ט”ו) And you shall inquire, investigate and probe thoroughly… (Deuteronomy 13:15) Yesterday we saw that לדרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-3.m4a” /] (the infinitive form of ודרשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-4.m4a” /]) means to seek out – in this…