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how to say “baggage scanner” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכונת-שיקוף-1.m4a” /]מְכוֹנַת שִׁקּוּף Last week we saw the word השתקפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכונת-שיקוף-2.m4a” /] – reflection – of the root ש.ק.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכונת-שיקוף-3.m4a” /] meaning visibility. Using the same root, Hebrew calls that machine your bags go through at the airport – the baggage scanner – מכונת שיקוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכונת-שיקוף-1.m4a” /] – literally, machine of transparency or reflection. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכונת-שיקוף-4.m4a”…

Weekly Hebrew Review – listening… and getting business done

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

how to say “level” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /]רָמָה The Hebrew word for level is רמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /], as in: היא רוצה להירשם לקורס רמה שלוש.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /] She wants to register for the level 3 course. רמה also means height, as in רמת הגולן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /] – the Golan Height(s), and the name of kibbutz adjacent to Jerusalem, רמת רחל[audioclip…

how to say “from the start” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
Today's Video Below ⬇️ מִלְּכַתְּחִילָּה If you’ve had some experience with Hebrew, you probably know the word התחלה - beginning, as in: ספר לי שוב, מההתחלה. Tell me again, from the beginning. התחלה comes from the הפעיל verb להתחיל - to start, whose root is ת.ח.ל. This root gives us a more sophisticated word, מלכתחילה...
how to say “to play tag” in Hebrew

how to say “to play tag” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לשחק-תופסת-#.m4a” /]לְשַׂחֵק תּוֹפֶסֶת The Hebrew word for game is משחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לשחק-תופסת-#.m4a” /], while to play is the פיעל verb לשחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לשחק-תופסת-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לשחק-תופסת-#.m4a” /]שיחקתם מספיק, עכשיו צריך לאכול. You guys have played enough, now you need to eat. What about the game of tag? That’s תופסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לשחק-תופסת-#.m4a” /], which comes from the word לתפוס[audioclip…

how to say “mop” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-1.m4a” /]מַגָּב Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for towel – מגבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-2.m4a” /]. What we might call the masculine form of מגבת is מגב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-1.m4a” /] – a mop. מגב is usually for cleaning floors, but it could also refer to a smaller mop-like device, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגב-3.m4a” /]יש לך מגב לנקות את השמשה?…