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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]הַחוּג הָאַרְקְטִי If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you most likely know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]. How about the Arabic word for pilgrimage – حاج (haj)? Both have to do with people coming in from outer circles to a central place – in Islam, Mecca, and in Judaism, Jerusalem (until about…
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how to say “usually” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-1.m4a” /]בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל, בְּאֹפֶן כְּלָלִי Yesterday we saw that דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-2.m4a” /] means path or way, as well as through. To create a term for usually, Modern Hebrew put together the words בדרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-3.m4a” /] – on a path and כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-4.m4a” /] – general, so that usually is בדרך כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-5.m4a” /] – on path of general. This is similar to the…
how to say “colony” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁבָה Some of you may know this word from the Religious-Zionist camps of North America, Camp Moshava. Without insinuating that Jews and Israelis are trying to take over the world, מושבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /] does mean colony. In today’s usage, מושבה generally refers to neighborhoods in Israel established by foreign nations such the Greeks and…