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how to say “power” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? כֹּחַ, עָצְמָה BEGINNERS Hebrew Course Starts Mid-February Jerusalem . Tel Aviv The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world depicts a great demonstration of power. Watch this video to learn some Hebrew terms about the concept of power. This week’s video! Another great way to build your…
how to say “spark” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? נִיצוֹץ Announcing our mid-winter session! נִיצוֹץ (nee-TSOHTS) means spark in the physical sense, but the word is used far more often to refer to that spark of life, what some might call a divine spark, within us all – without exception. The word is an onomatopoeia, just like the English word crackle. …
how to say “handyman” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שיפוצניק-1.m4a” /]שִׁפּוּצְנִיק Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for to improve something – לשפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שיפוצניק-2.m4a” /]. The word’s root – ש.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שיפוצניק-3.m4a” /] – means beauty, so that we might understand לשפר as to make something more beautiful or good. Another word that has to do with improvement, whose root starts with the first two letters in לשפר, is לשפץ[audioclip…
how to say “take and go” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /]קַח וְסַע קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – take and go – isn’t super common. It’s in the motto of one of Israel’s shared car services: פשוט קח וסע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/קח-וסע-#.m4a” /] – literally, just take and go. But since it’s got two imperative (command) forms of super-common verbs, I figured it’s worth a Dose. קח[audioclip…
how to say “cell phone” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? טֶלֶפוֹן נַיָּד Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Hebrew word for mobile – describing something portable or that moves from place to place – is נַיָּד (nah-YAHD). So a mobile telephone is a טֶלֶפוֹן נייד. The word טלפון (TEH-leh-phohn) itself does have a proper Hebrew term invented by the Academy of the…
how to say “to get on the bus” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת לָאוֹטוֹבּוּס The Hebrew word for bus (or autobus) is simple enough to remember: אוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. What about getting on the bus? That’s לעלות לאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /]אפשר לעלות לאוטובוס גם מהדלת האחורית. You can also get on the bus from the back door. לעלות ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/לעלות-לאוטובוס-#.m4a” /] means literally to go up to….