how to say “Mars” and “Venus”… in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בטיפול-#.m4a” /]בְּטִפּוּל Hebrew does use תרפיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בטיפול-#.m4a” /] for therapy in the generic sense, but the more common word for psychotherapy is טיפול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בטיפול-#.m4a” /] – literally, treatment. And someone in therapy is בטיפול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בטיפול-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/בטיפול-#.m4a” /]אחת הסדרות הישראליות המוצלחות היא “בטיפול”. One of the most successful Israeli (TV) series is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /]סִדּוּרִים Looking at the word above, you might think I’m talking about prayer books. These are סידורים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] as well. But since סידור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] in its essence means putting things in order, it applies to both a prayer book with all the prayers set in the right order, as well as something that needs to…
תֹּאַר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ת.א.ר (t.a.r) means description, as in the active-intensive verb לְתָאֵר listen and repeat – to describe. Thus an academic degree – the description of a person’s education – is a תֹּאַר listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ לוֹ כְּבָר תֹּאַר רִאשׁוֹן, וְהוּא כָּרֶגַע לוֹמֵד לִקְרַאת…
מַעֲצָמָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Last week we saw the word for empowerment – הַעֲצָמָה listen and repeat– of the root ע.צ.מ (a.ts.m) meaning might or fortitude. Here’s a similar-sounding word, the one for world power – מַעֲצָמָה listen and repeat. For example: בָּעוֹלָם הַקָּדוּם, מִצְרַיִם הָיְתָה מַעֲצָמָה….
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