how to say “warmth” in Hebrew
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Wishing you all a שבת שלום וסוף שבוע חָמִים… ושנה טובה Shabbat Shalom, a warm weekend (sohf shah-VOO-ah khah-MEEM)… and happy new year,
Ami
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]יָפֶה לְךָ You can say to a man in Hebrew, זה נראה טוב עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] – literally, this looks good on you. To a woman, switch עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] with עלייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]. But that’s a direct translation from English. A more culturally-authentic Hebrew expression is יפה לךָ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] to a male…
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הֶגֶה While a wheel in general is גלגל, there’s a special word for steering wheel: הגה. The word finds its roots in Biblical Hebrew but came into use as steering wheel in the Middle Ages, when it referred to the helm of a ship. Imagine a driving instructor saying: צריך להחזיק את ההגה בשתי ידיים! You have…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /]הַאֲרָכָה The English word extension has several meanings, but we’ll focus on only one of them today – extension in the sense of making something longer. The word for that is הארכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] of the root א.ר.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] meaning length (you may know the related word ארוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] – long). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]עָצְמָתִי The basic Hebrew word for power or energy is כוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]אין לי כוח! I don’t have energy! (I don’t feel like it!) But the adjective form, כוחני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], means forceful, which has a negative connotation. So what’s the word for powerful, which has a positive connotation? That’s עוצמתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /],…
מסור For the first day of חֲנֻכָּה (khah-noo-KAH) – Hanukkah, I thought I’d inaugurate one of the themes of the holiday: devotion to a cause. The Maccabees were devoted – מְסוּרִים (me-soo-REEM) – to the cause of defending the right of Jews to practice their religion. Thanks to their מְסִירוּת (me-see-ROOT) – devotion– the Jewish…