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how to say “math” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]מָתֶמָטִיקָה Yesterday we saw that one of the meaning of the word חשבון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /] is arithmetic, which comes from the authentic Hebrew root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /] meaning thinking. Unlike חשבון, the word for math in general is the international one: מתמטיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]הנושא הראשון שלומדים במתמטיקה הוא חשבון. The first…
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How to say “man” in Hebrew
גֶּבֶר, אִישׁ, אָדָם Whereas English has one word in use for man, Hebrew has three. גֶּבֶר refers to a man in everyday speech, regardless of his stature. For example: הוּא הָיָה יֶלֶד, וּבִן לַיְלָה הוּא נִהְיָה גֶּבֶר. He was a boy, and overnight he became a man. Incidentally, גבר also refers to a rooster. אִישׁ…
how to say “column” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]עַמּוּד, טוּר, עַמּוּדָה Before it was lines on a piece of paper (or in a spreadsheet), a column was that which supports a surface raised above the ground. Such a column (or pole, for that matter) is called עמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]העמוד הזה מפוסל בצורה אומנותית. This column is sculpted…
how to say “to download” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להוריד-1.m4a” /]לְהוֹרִיד The Hebrew root י.ר.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להוריד-2.m4a” /] means going down. Plugged into the active-causative form, the root yields the word להוריד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להוריד-1.m4a” /] – to take down or to lower. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להוריד-3.m4a” /]תוריד את הווליום! Lower the volume! (to a male) Another way of saying the same thing is תנמיך את הווליום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להוריד-4.m4a” /]. With the…
how to say “act of courage” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעשה-גבורה-1.m4a” /]מַעֲשֵׂה גְּבוּרָה If you know a bit of Yiddish, you’ve probably heard the term bubbe meise. Meise, which means fable, comes from the Hebrew word מעשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעשה-גבורה-2.m4a” /] which means tale or story… as well as action and act. Perhaps you’ve spotted the root ע.ש.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעשה-גבורה-3.m4a” /] – doing – in the word מעשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעשה-גבורה-4.m4a” /]. Thus an act of courage is מעשה גבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעשה-גבורה-1.m4a”…
