how to say “drone” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בתלי-אפשרי-#.m4a” /]בִּלְתִּי אֶפְשָׁרִי The Hebrew word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בתלי-אפשרי-#.m4a” /] means perhaps, maybe, possibly, and it’s possible. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בתלי-אפשרי-#.m4a” /]אפשר להגיע ברגל, אבל עדיף לנסוע ברכב. It’s possible to get there by foot, but it’s better to go by car. To say it’s not possible or one cannot, preface אפשר with the negating word…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]שְׂמִיכָה The Hebrew word for blanket is שמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]כל כך קר – בא לי להיות מתחת לשמיכה. It’s so cold – I feel like being under my (the) blanket. Note that שמיכה sounds the same as סמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /] meaning rabbinical ordination, which itself comes from the root…

  סַפִּיר  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The Hebrew word for sapphire is very similar to that of the English: סַפִּיר  listen and repeat. The word goes back to early human history, as does the value of this precious stone.   For example:   קָנִיתִי לָהּ שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת סַפִּירִים. I bought her a…