how to say “length” and “width” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-1.m4a” /]גִּיל הַזָּהָב When Israelis speak of גיל הזהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-1.m4a” /], they’re not referring to the heyday of an empire – that’s תור הזהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-2.m4a” /]. Rather, they’re talking about the age of retirement, called in English the golden years. They might also speak of הגיל השלישי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הזהב-3.m4a” /] – the third age (the first two are…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סמטה-1.m4a” /]סִמְטָה If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the word for street – רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סמטה-2.m4a” /], which appears in Biblical Hebrew. A denomination of a street – an alley is סמטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סמטה-1.m4a” /], a word first appearing in Mishnaic Hebrew. In the plural, it’s סמטאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סמטה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סמטה-4.m4a” /]הסמטאות בעיר…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-1.m4a” /]שָׂעִיר While שיער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-2.m4a” /] refers to hair in general, שערות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-3.m4a” /] refers to individual hairs. Nevertheless, שערות can also refer to simply hair. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-4.m4a” /]אל תשכח לחפוף שערות. Don’t forget to wash your (the) hair. (spoken to a male) Hairy is שעיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-1.m4a” /] when referring to a male…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /]רָמָה The Hebrew word for level is רמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /], as in: היא רוצה להירשם לקורס רמה שלוש.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /] She wants to register for the level 3 course. רמה also means height, as in רמת הגולן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רמה-#.m4a” /] – the Golan Height(s), and the name of kibbutz adjacent to Jerusalem, רמת רחל[audioclip…