how to say “an effort” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקריא-1.m4a” /]לְהַקְרִיא As mentioned earlier this week, the Hebrew word לקרוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקריא-2.m4a” /] first meant to call out, but took on the additional meaning of to read when the literate few would read texts out loud to the illiterate masses. Thus in Biblical Hebrew, there is no distinction between reading and reading out loud. In the Modern era, when literacy is at an…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לפצות-פה-#.m4a” /]לִפְצוֹת פֶּה This dramatic expression comes straight from the Bible, where the ground opens up its mouth to swallow up dissidents: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לפצות-פה-#.m4a” /]וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת פִּיהָ וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם. (במדבר ט”ז, ל’) The earth shall open its mouth and swallow them and all their belongings. (Numbers 16:30) Over time,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קסדה-1.m4a” /]קַסְדָּה The Hebrew word for helmet is קסדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קסדה-1.m4a” /], most probably deriving from the Latin word cassis meaning guard (Klein). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קסדה-2.m4a” /]חובה לחבוש קסדה למי שרוכב על אופניים חשמליים. It’s mandatory to wear a helmet for whoever rides an electric bike.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְלַבֵּשׁ Earlier this week we saw that לקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-2.m4a” /] – to accept – becomes להתקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-3.m4a” /] – to get accepted or to be accepted, in a reflexive form. The same happens with the word ללבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-4.m4a” /] – to wear, which becomes להתלבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-1.m4a” /] – to get dressed. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתלבש-5.m4a” /]את עדיין מתלבשת?…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּחִירוֹת Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Hebrew word for to choose is לִבְחוֹר , an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the root ב.ח.ר (b.kh.r). Thus a choice is a בְּחִירָה , and choices or elections are בְּחִירוֹת. For example: מָחָר יִתְקַיְּמוּ הַבְּחִירוֹת בְּאַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית. Tomorrow the elections will take place in the United…