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The Modern Hebrew word for profession – מִקְצוֹע (meek-TSOH-ah) appears in the Bible meaning the side of a room/ a geometrical figure. The root is ק.צ.ע (k.ts.a), a root that shares its first two letters with other roots of a similar meaning: ק.צ.ה (k.ts.h) – edge; ק.צ.ר (k.ts.r) – short (in length); etc. What…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מִכְלָלָה While the Hebrew word for university remains the transliteration אוניברסיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /], the word for college is an authentic Hebrew one: מכללה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מכללת ספיר ממוקמת קרוב לעיר שדרות. Sapir College is located near the city Sderot. If you look closely at מכללה, you might spot its root: כ.ל.ל[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ממוצע-#.m4a” /]מְמֻצָּע The Hebrew word for average is ממוצע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ממוצע-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ממוצע-#.m4a” /]האדם הממוצע לא מבין בפיננסים. The average person isn’t much of an expert in finance. This word comes from the root מ.צ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ממוצע-#.m4a” /] and is formed using the פועל verb structure.
