how to say “a spring” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? אִי-וַדָּאוּת Human beings have a need for clarity and organization – we seek certainty in order to relax and go about our day. While certainty, in Hebrew, is וַדָּאוּת ( ), uncertainty is אִי-וַדָּאוּת ( ). For example: קָשֶׁה אָבָל הֶכְרֵחִי לִחְיוֹת עִם אִי-וַדָּאוּת. It’s difficult but necessary to live with uncertainty. A lack of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/למספר-#.m4a” /]לְמַסְפֵּר If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for number – מספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/למספר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/למספר-#.m4a” /]פעם היינו זוכרים מספרי טלפון בעל פה. We used to remember phone numbers by heart. But do you know how to say to number, as in to number items in a list?…
לנסוע After my six days in Beit Alpha in the north of Israel (i.e. a two-hour ride from the center), I got on a bus out of the absorption center en route to Beit She’an, then a bus from Beit She’an to Jerusalem, and now I’m riding a third bus to family in Kfar…
having trouble seeing the print? אֻכְלוּסִיָּה The word used in Modern-Hebrew to refer to a specifc population is the same as that used in Mishnaic times: אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (ookh-loo-see-YAH). For example, גֹּדֶל אֻכְלוּסִיַּת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם מִתְקָרֶבֶת לִשְׁמוֹנֶה מְאוֹת אֶלֶף תּוֹשָׁבִים – the size of the population of Jerusalem is approaching eight hundred thousand residents (GOH-del ookh-loo-see-YAHT yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem meet-kah-REH-vet…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכאורה-1.m4a” /]לִכְאוֹרָה The colloquial Hebrew word for apparently is כנראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכאורה-2.m4a” /] – literally, as appears. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכאורה-3.m4a” /]כנראה שנפתרה הבעיה. Apparently the problem was solved. A word with a similar meaning is לכאורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכאורה-1.m4a” /], which is also the term lawyers and journalists use for allegedly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכאורה-4.m4a” /]הוא גנב לכאורה מיליוני שקלים. He allegedly stole millions…