how to say “to let loose” in Hebrew
The other day we had לְהִשְׁתַּחְרִר (le-heesh-tahkh-REHR), which means to be liberated. An informal synonym of להשתחרר is לְהִתְפָּרֵק (le-heet-pah-REHK).


[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲשֶׂה לִי טוֹבָה Hebrew doesn’t have a literal translation for gimme a break. Really, what’s a break anyway? What’s being broken? To dismiss an idea with the same measured disgust mixed with a dash of hope as gimme a break, Israelis say תעשה לי טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a” /] to a male, and תעשי לי טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/תעשה-לי-טובה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]שֵׁפֶל חָדָשׁ The plain or the lowlands is השפלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בשפלה. We live on the plain. The root of השפלה is ש.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] meaning low. It also provides us with the word for low – שפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] – in the dramatic sense: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]עם הכתבה הזאת, העיתון…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? אֶתְקַשֵּׁר Blind date. Not sure if there’ll be a next one – need to sleep on it. I might say to her, אֶתְקַשֵּׁר אֵלַיִךְ. I’ll call you (a female). The word לְהִתְקַשֵּׁר means to call by phone. It’s a reflexive-intensive verb of the root…
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תְּעַדְכֵּן אׂתִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, we use the term to update mostly when discussing the news and professionally-related topics. In Hebrew, however, it’s used in lieu of the everyday expressions let me know and keep me posted. The word is לְעַדְכֵּן , an active-intensive verb of the four-letter root ע.ד.כ.נ (a.d.k.n)….