how to say “defense” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-1.m4a” /]לְיַצֵּא The simple verb לצאת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-2.m4a” /], of the root י.צ.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-3.m4a” /], means to go out. Thus an exit is a יציאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-4.m4a” /]. As part of a global economy, Modern Hebrew needs a word for to export, so it plugs י.צ.א into the active-intensive form to create לייצא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייצא-5.m4a” /]החברה התחילה…

תְּרֵיסַר English uses all sorts of measurements that baffle those used to the metric system – pounds (as opposed to the 1000-gram kilogram), inches (as opposed to one hundredth of a meter, the centimeter), and a dozen – twelve of something instead of ten. Now, while Hebrew does tend to count dozens of things as עשרות…

הִתְחַמְּמוּת עוֹלָמִית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/global-warming-4.mp3″ /] This week is hot in Israel (here’s a video we’ve made about that), more so than usual for the season. Some blame it on global warming. As is the case with many terms that didn’t exist in antiquity, Modern Hebrew has three for global warming: הִתְחַמְּמוּת גְּלוֹבָּלִית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/global-warming-2.mp3″ /] borrows global from…