מַעֲצָמָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? Last week we saw the word for empowerment – הַעֲצָמָה – of the root ע.צ.מ (a.ts.m) meaning might or fortitude. Here’s a similar-sounding word, the one for world power – מַעֲצָמָה . For example: בָּעוֹלָם הַקָּדוּם, מִצְרַיִם הָיְתָה מַעֲצָמָה. In the ancient world,…
having trouble seeing the print? לִסְגּוֹד, לַעֲבוֹד Our Hebrew class starts Sunday! 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! English is made up of two primary linguistic influences: Germanic and French/Latin roots. In each of the examples below, the first word is the simple, Germanic one, while the second word is a more polished version, drawing…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/יד-שנייה-#.m4a” /]יָד שְׁנִיָּה Hebrew’s version of secondhand is a literal translation from English: יד שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/יד-שנייה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/יד-שנייה-#.m4a” /]כדאי לקנות רכב יד שנייה כי ממילא ירד הערך. You should (it’s worthwhile) to buy a car secondhand because anyway the value will go down. There’s a very popular website in Israel called יד…