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הִתְלַהֲבוּת listen to this word pronounced This one’s for Yehoshua. A while ago I did a piece on the Hebrew word for exciting. The word for excitement is הִתְרַגְּשׁוּת (heet-rahg-SHOOT), employing the root ר.ג.ש (r.g.sh), the Biblical Hebrew concept of emotion. When people get excited, they’re filled with emotion. לְהִתְרַגֵּש (leh-heet-rah-GHESH) is to…
having trouble seeing the print? בֶּטַח, בָּרוּר, כַּמּוּבָן! highly recommended for further vocabulary growth In yesterday’s dose, we touched on the Hebrew word for security – בִּטָּחוֹן. The root of בטחון is ב.ט.ח meaning sureness and security. To say, for sure! or of course! in Hebrew, you’d use one of several terms. Here are three of them: בטח! A less formal…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]הִתְפָּרְצוּת While פריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a break in (and פריצת דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a breakthrough), התפרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is an eruption or outbreak. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]מה השינויים שעבר העולם מאז התפרצות מגפת הקורונה? What are the changes the world went through since the outbreak of the coronavirus? התפרצות is a noun form…