how to say “clear” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-1.m4a” /]מַסָּע If you’ve traveled anywhere in the world, you have probably met an Israeli traveling too. Israelis love to travel. The Hebrew word for to travel when on vacation is לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-2.m4a” /]. But the generic word for to travel is לנסוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מסע-3.m4a” /]. And while in modern times לנסוע refers to travel by vehicle, in Biblical times it meant simply to…

יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?   The Hebrew word for between is בֵּין  listen and repeat, so that in-between is בֵּינַיִם  listen and repeat.   Medieval times, or the Middle Ages, are thus called יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם  listen and repeat – literally, the in-between days.   For example:   הָיוּ וִכּוּחִים פִילוֹסוֹפִיִּם גְּדוֹלִים בֵּין רַבָּנִים בִּימֵי הַבֵּינַיִם. There…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בְּקִצּוּר The informal term בקיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] means literally in short. It’s what Israelis use instead of the English basically or even anyway. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בקיצור, הבנת אותי. Basically, you get (understood) me (spoken to a male). Broken down, בקיצור is: -ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – in קיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – short, the noun form of…