how to say “to undergo” and “to pass” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 3, 2011August 5, 2024

This is one of those words people typically learn in their first course in Hebrew, but it’s got meanings beyond the simple one.

לַעֲבוֹר (lah-ah-VOHR) means literally to pass, as in אֲתָּה תַּעֲבוֹר אֶת הַצּוֹמֶת (ah-TAH tah-ah-VOHR et hah-TSOH-met) – You (a male) will pass the intersection. This is a future-tense usage of לעבור. The word לעבור itself is a simple (קל) verb.

But לעבור can also mean to undergo, as in הִיא עָבְרָה נִתּוּחַ הַשָּׁבוּע (hee ahv-RAH nee-TOO-ahkh hah-shah-VOO-ah) – She underwent surgery this week. This is a past-tense usage of לעבור.

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how to say “innocence” and “naïveté” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 23, 2011August 5, 2024

Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by Yom Tov I’ve seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself. Check out Yom Tov’s virtual gallery, and visit his Kohelet exhibition in Jerusalem. It’s open throughout the summer. תְּמִימוּת In Biblical Hebrew, a שֶׂה תָּמִים (seh tah-MEEM) is a perfect animal from the flock –…

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how to say “average” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 12, 2018January 9, 2019

[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.

how to say “size” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 9, 2015October 23, 2018

גֹּדֶל, מִדָּה Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know that the word for big is גָּדוֹל for a masculine object such as a book, and גְּדוֹלָה for a feminine object such as a shirt. Size – or bigness – is גֹּדֶל . For example:…

how to say “diamond” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 7, 2022February 6, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]יַהֲלוֹם The Hebrew word for diamond is יהלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]בורסת היהלומים הישראלית ממוקמת ברמת גן. The Israeli diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan. Unlike in English, we don’t use the metaphor of a diamond in diamond-shaped – we say instead צורת ריבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /] – square-shape.

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