how to say “to assemble” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-1.wav” /]לְהַצִּיעַ The Hebrew word for to offer is להציע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-1.wav” /], an active-causative verb of the root י.צ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-2.wav” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-3.wav” /]אפשר להציע לכם משהו לשתות? May I offer you guys something to drink? The word also means to suggest or to propose, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-4.wav” /]אני מציע לך ללמוד תכנות. I (a male)…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-1.m4a” /]לְשַׁחְרֵר The word לשחרר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-1.m4a” /] is all about freedom and liberation, deriving from the root ח.ו.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-2.m4a” /] as in בן חורין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-3.m4a” /] – free person. לשחרר means to release, to liberate, to let go. Here’s an illustration of the concept (in English) from the 1991 version of Father of the Bride. It’s also used colloquially…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-1.m4a” /]גִּיל הַזָּהָב When Israelis speak of גיל הזהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-1.m4a” /], they’re not referring to the heyday of an empire – that’s תור הזהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-2.m4a” /]. Rather, they’re talking about the age of retirement, called in English the golden years. They might also speak of הגיל השלישי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-3.m4a” /] – the third age (the first two are…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /]פַּרְשָׁנוּת The weekly Torah portion read by Jews around the world is called in Hebrew פרשת השבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /]. The root of פרשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /] is פ.ר.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /], means, among other things, interpret, and appears in the words לפרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /] – to interpret and פרשנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a” /] – commentary. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פרשנות-#.m4a”…