[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למסור-1.m4a” /]לִמְסוֹר If you know some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word לתת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למסור-2.m4a” /] – to give. A word of a similar meaning is למסור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למסור-1.m4a” /], also to give but more in the sense of giving over or passing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למסור-3.m4a” /]תמסור לי את הכדור! Pass me the ball! (to a male) למסור…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /]קֹבֶץ A file collects various things into one place. So Modern Hebrew drew upon the ancient פיעל verb לקבץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] – to gather – to come up with the modern term קובץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] – a file. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /]יש לפתוח את הקובץ המצורף באמצעות סיסמה. Open the attached file using a password. You…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁמוֹעַ בְּקוֹל Here’s a Biblical-Hebrew expression that is just as useful today as it was thousands of years ago: לשמוע בקול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /] – to listen to (someone) and obey, literally to listen to the voice of. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לשמוע-בקול-#.m4a” /]היא עברה את הגיל שילדים שומעים בקול ההורים שלהם. She passed the age…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-1.m4a” /]חַם מֵהָרָגִיל The Hebrew word for regular is רגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-2.m4a” /] (despite the similarity between the words regular and רגיל, there doesn’t seem to be a connection). And something regular is also typical or usual. Thus hotter than usual is חם מהרגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חם-מהרגיל-3.m4a” /]מחר מזג האוויר יהיה חם מהרגיל לעונה….