how to say “giant” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-1.m4a” /]לְיַדֵּעַ This week we’ve seen the root י.ד.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-2.m4a” /] meaning knowledge put to use in a variety of words, including להודיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-3.m4a” /] – to notify, מודעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-4.m4a” /] – advertisement and ידיעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-5.m4a” /] – one of the words for news. Plugging this root into the active-intensive verb form, we get ליידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ליידע-1.m4a” /] – to inform. For…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/פירוש-#.m4a” /]פֵּרוּשׁ The word פירוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/פירוש-#.m4a” /] means literally interpretation, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/פירוש-#.m4a” /]קראתי פירוש יפה לאגדה הזאת. I read an interesting interpretation of this fable. But people use it more broadly, albeit a bit formally, to refer to what an interpretation delivers – meaning: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/פירוש-#.m4a” /]אין פירוש הדבר שהם רוצים לנסוע איתנו. That…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחת-כפית-השמים-1.m4a” /]תַּחַת כִּפַּת הַשָּׁמַיִם In English, to indicate that our activity is taking place outdoors, at night, we say under the stars. The expression in Hebrew is תחת כיפת השמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחת-כפית-השמים-1.m4a” /] – literally, under the dome of the heavens. So that you might hear: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחת-כפית-השמים-2.m4a” /]כולם מוזמנים לערב קסום תחת כיפת השמים….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-1.m4a” /]נוֹעַד לְ… Drawing again upon the root י.ע.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-2.m4a” /] meaning target or goal is the word נועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-3.m4a” /] meaning meant (for) or designed (with the purpose of). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נועד-4.m4a” /]הטלפון שלך לא נועד לשימוש בתוך הבריכה. Your (a male’s) phone is not meant for use in the pool. נועד can also mean fated, as in:…