how to say “friendship” in Hebrew

קִשּׁוּר שָׁבוּר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קישור-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for link (as in hyperlink) is קִשּׁוּר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קישור-2.mp3″ /], deriving from the active-intensive application of the root ק.שׁ.ר. (k.sh.r). The word existed before the Internet as well, when it meant liaison or simply a connection. Broken is שָׁבוּר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קישור-3.mp3″ /]. So a broken link is a קישור שבור[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]אַמִּיץ The Hebrew root א.מ.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] means strong, bold, alert. It appears such words as מאמץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – an effort and אמיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – brave, when referring to a male. Brave referring to a female is אמיצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]היא בחורה אמיצה ביותר. She is a very brave young…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-1.mp3″ /]אֶזְרָח וָתִיק On buses throughout Israel you’ll find placards stating: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-2.mp3″ /] stand up in the presence of the aged This phrase taken right out of the Bible uses the word שֵׂיבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-3.mp3″ /], referring specifically to hair that has gone white, and generally to those who typically bear white…