how to say “size” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-1.m4a” /]לְשַׁחְרֵר The word לשחרר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-1.m4a” /] is all about freedom and liberation, deriving from the root ח.ו.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-2.m4a” /] as in בן חורין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשחרר-3.m4a” /] – free person. לשחרר means to release, to liberate, to let go. Here’s an illustration of the concept (in English) from the 1991 version of Father of the Bride. It’s also used colloquially…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /]אִי-נְעִימוּת Unpleasantness is a dictionary word in English, but it’s hardly used – unlike its Hebrew counterpart אי-נעימות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-1.m4a” /], an expression that is very much alive in Israeli culture. For example, at the Ben Gurion airport, you’ll hear something like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אי-נעימות-2.m4a” /]נא להימנע מאי-נעימות מיותרת הכרוכה בגרירת רכב. Please avoid unnecessary…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]רָצוֹן, תְּשׁוּקָה, חֵשֶׁק If you enter the word desire into Google Translate for Hebrew, you’ll find no less than eleven translations. I’ll focus here on three: רצון, [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]תשוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /] and חשק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /]. 1. רצון means desire in the sense of wanting or willing something. It comes from לרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/רצון-#.m4a” /], the simple verb for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיועד-1.m4a” /]מְיֹעָד Yesterday, we saw the word נועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיועד-2.m4a” /] – meant for, designed for. We saw the example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיועד-3.m4a” /]הטלפון שלך לא נועד לשימוש בתוך הבריכה. Your (a male’s) phone is not meant for use in the pool. A synonym of נועד is מיועד. But where נועד means that an object is designed for something or someone…