how to say “to leap forward” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]מִתְּקוּפַת הַיְבוּסִי When Jerusalem first became an Israelite city thousands of years ago, it had been conquered from the Jebusite nation – העם היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]. Today this vanquished people lives on in a unique expression that is not very widespread, but is still understood by most Israelis: מתקופת היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /] –…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]יַהֲלוֹם The Hebrew word for diamond is יהלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]בורסת היהלומים הישראלית ממוקמת ברמת גן. The Israeli diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan. Unlike in English, we don’t use the metaphor of a diamond in diamond-shaped – we say instead צורת ריבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /] – square-shape.