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how to say “reliable” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 18, 2010November 5, 2018

This entry was requested by Stan. Thanks Stan! Keep them coming! If you would like to request an entry from Ktzat Ivrit, please go here. If you’ve been minimally affiliated with any Judeo-Christian institution… ever, you’re familiar with the word אָמֵן (ah-MEN) – amen. The three-letter root of the word makes up…

how to say “to mend” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 21, 2011October 6, 2024

לְתַקֵּן We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Today I introduced a song by Ehud Banai to my Level 2 intensive class in Jerusalem. Two of the lines in the song go like this: אָז תַּאֲמִין שֶׁאִם קִלְקַלְת – So believe that if you’ve…

how to say “contact us” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 29, 2014October 24, 2018

צְרוּ קֶשֶׁר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Unlike English, Hebrew doesn’t have one single word to mean to contact. Rather, we use an expression that means to create connection… which is essentially what contacting a person accomplishes. The expression is לִיצוֹר קֶשֶׁר . For example: יָצַרְתִּי אִתָּם קֶשֶׁר. I contacted them. …

how to say “faith” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 25, 2021March 18, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אֱמוּנָה To trust or rely on someone is לסמוך על מישהו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אני סומך עליו בעיניים עצומות. I trust him with (my) eyes shut. But to believe in someone or something – to have faith in them – is -להאמין ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]את יכולה, שרה. אני מאמין…

how to say “to smuggle” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 7, 2014October 25, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? לְהַבְרִיחַ For those of you in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv… Our Level 2 and 4 courses are set to start soon! Jerusalem . Tel Aviv Now that the sale and consumption of marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, it is expected that rates of smuggling the substance will go down…

how to say “garage” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 26, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /]מוּסָךְ A garage is a place for cars – for storage or for fixing. Until Modern Hebrew came up with מוסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-1.m4a” /], Israelis used ‘גאראג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-2.m4a” /] to refer to such a haven. מוסך comes from the root ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוסך-3.m4a” /], the same as that of the leafy roof of a Sukkah (as well…

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