how to say “Damascus” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/רוחניות-#.m4a” /]רוּחָנִיּוּת It used to be that רוחניות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/רוחניות-#.m4a” /] – spirituality – was a word found in rabbinic literature only (well, up until about 150 years ago, all current Hebrew was found in rabbinic literature only). Today, Hebrew speakers of all theistic persuasions use the word, from rabbis in Jerusalem to secular Israeli…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מקוון-#.m4a” /]מְקֻוָּן Israelis sometimes say אונליין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מקוון-#.m4a” /] to mean online, but more and more people are using the term מקוון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מקוון-#.m4a” /] for something that appears or happens over the internet (מקוון for something masculine, and מקוונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מקוון-#.m4a” /] for something feminine). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מקוון-#.m4a” /]יש לכם שיעורים מקוונים? Do you guys have…