how to say “understanding” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 29, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /]הֲבָנָה

We’ve seen the word להרגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /] – to feel, turn into the noun הרגשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /] – a feeling.

In a similar הפעיל pattern, להבין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /] – to understand, becomes הבנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /] – understanding.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /]יש לה הבנה מקיפה של החומר.

She has a comprehensive understanding of the material.

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבנה-#.m4a” /]הגענו להבנה הדדית.

We arrived at a mutual understanding.

how to say “to recall” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 25, 2012October 31, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? לְהִזָּכֵר Like to get started speaking Hebrew? our 3-week Level 1 course starts VERY SOON in Raanana and on Feb 19 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv If you know some basic Hebrew, you likely know the word לִזְכּוֹר (leez-KOHR) – to remember. In fact, even if you don’t know any…

how to say “a lion” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 3, 2014January 27, 2020

אַרְיֶה, לָבִיא listen and repeat If you’ve toured northern Israel, you may have come across a place called Kibbutz Lavi – קִבּוּץ לָבִיא listen and repeat. The word לָבִיא listen and repeat, in Modern Hebrew, is a flowery term for lion – whereas אַרְיֶה listen and repeat is the common word: יֵשׁ אֲרָיוֹת בְּאַפְרִיקָה. There are lions in…

how to say “mailing list” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 26, 2019June 18, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/רשימת-תפוצה-#.m4a” /]רְשִׁימַת תְּפוּצָה We saw yesterday that התפוצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/רשימת-תפוצה-#.m4a” /] means the Diaspora, and that the word תפוצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/רשימת-תפוצה-#.m4a” /] itself means literally distributions. A mailing list or a distribution list is רשימת תפוצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/רשימת-תפוצה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/רשימת-תפוצה-#.m4a” /]יש לנו מעל שלוש עשרה אלף כתובות מייל ברשימת התפוצה שלנו. We have over thirteen thousand emails addresses on…

how to say “blanket” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 9, 2022March 3, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]שְׂמִיכָה The Hebrew word for blanket is שמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]כל כך קר – בא לי להיות מתחת לשמיכה. It’s so cold – I feel like being under my (the) blanket. Note that שמיכה sounds the same as סמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /] meaning rabbinical ordination, which itself comes from the root…

how to say “hero” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 28, 2014October 24, 2018

גִּבּוֹר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Holocaust Day is officially termed יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן לַשּׁוֹאָה וְלַגְּבוּרָה listen and repeat – Memorial Day for the Holocaust and the Heroism – in order to commemorate acts of Jewish resistance against the atrocities. While גְּבוּרָה listen and repeat means heroism, a (male) hero or brave one is a גִּבּוֹר listen and repeat. …

how to say “positive thinking” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 2, 2019January 9, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]חֲשִׁיבָה חִיּוּבִית To think, in Hebrew, is לחשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]. Thus thought or thinking is חשיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]היא טובה בחשיבה מתמטית. She’s good at mathematical thinking. Positive is חיובי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /], so that positive thinking is חשיבה חיובית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/חשיבה-חיובית-#.m4a” /]חשיבה חיובית היא הדבר שמניע את העולם…

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