how to say “heaven” in Hebrew

תְּרֵיסַר English uses all sorts of measurements that baffle those used to the metric system – pounds (as opposed to the 1000-gram kilogram), inches (as opposed to one hundredth of a meter, the centimeter), and a dozen – twelve of something instead of ten. Now, while Hebrew does tend to count dozens of things as עשרות…

בלתי מוגבל, ללא הגבלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-1.mp3″ /] In English, there’s the word unlimited as it might be used as an adjective, as in “we have an unlimited amount of…”, and there’s unlimited as it might appear in an ad: “Spaces unlimited!” Hebrew has a term for each. In adjective form, Hebrew uses בלתי מוגבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ללא-הגבלה-2.mp3″ /] to describe masculine objects and…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כנראה-1.mp3″ /]כַּנִּרְאֶה People in Israel have gone back to school and work. Apparently, Passover is over. The Hebrew word for apparently is כַּנִּרְאֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כנראה-1.mp3″ /] – literally, as appears or as is seen. It is also used to mean it looks as if or it’s likely that. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כנראה-2.mp3″ /]כַּנִּרְאֶה שֶׁהֵם יָבֹאוּ לְבַקֵּר בַּשָּׁבוּעַ הַבָּא. It looks like they’ll come…