how to say “size” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לְתַעֲדֵף BEGINNERS Hebrew Course Starts Mid-February Jerusalem . Tel Aviv Today I learned a new Hebrew word, in conversation with Daniel from AACI – the word for to prioritize – לְתַעֲדֵף . The word is new for me, since although I was raised in a Hebrew-speaking home, I did not grow up in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]מַצָּעִים The Hebrew word for linen the material is פשתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /], but the term for linens meaning bedding is מצעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]האירוח כולל מצעים ומגבות. Accommodation includes linens and towels. מצעים is the plural of מצע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /], which itself comes from the root י.צ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]. This word has…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]סִיכָּה The word for pin – something sharp you might use to pin two things together – is סיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]נפצעתי מסיכת ביטחון! I got hurt from a safety pin! The root of סיכה is ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of סוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] – Sukkah….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /]רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב This expression is very similar to the English one – רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /] – literally, far from the eye, far from the heart. One might console their friend after a breakup: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /]את כבר תתגברי על הגעגועים אליו – רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב. You (f) will…