how to say “to draw money” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]הַחוּג הָאַרְקְטִי If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you most likely know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]. How about the Arabic word for pilgrimage – حاج (haj)? Both have to do with people coming in from outer circles to a central place – in Islam, Mecca, and in Judaism, Jerusalem (until about…
יִשּׁוּב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יישוב-1.1.mp3″ /] The Jewish communities in the area variously called the West Bank, Judea and Samaria, Greater Israel, the Occupied Territories, etc, are often referred to as הִתְנַחֲלוּיוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יישוב-2.1.mp3″ /] – settlements. That word is formed from נַחֲלָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יישוב-3.1.mp3″ /] – estate, plugged into the reflexive verb form, so that it sounds to the Israeli…
לְהִתְמַלֵּא Can’t read Hebrew yet? מָלֵא for something masculine and מְלֵאָה for something feminine mean full, as in filled to capacity. For example: הַמָּקוֹם מָלֵא בַּאֲנָשִׁים. The place is full of people. and הַבֶּטֶן שֶׁלִּי מְלֵאָה. My stomach is full. For something to get filled up,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]קַטְלָן Less commonly called אורקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] – orca, a killer whale, in Hebrew, is לוויתן קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] or simply קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /], which comes from the Aramaic root ק.ט.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] meaning kill (לוויתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] means whale). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]השנה נצפה לוויתן קטלן לראשונה מול חופי ישראל. This…