how to say “lentil soup” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 15, 2020November 12, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מְרַק עֲדָשִׁים

The Hebrew word for soup is מרק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מרק בחורף בא לי בטוב.

Soup in the winter does me good.

A lentil is עדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], while lentils are עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /], so lentil soup is מרק עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /]מה זה הריח הזה, מרק עדשים?

What’s that smell, lentil soup?

Note that עדשה also means lens, though multiple lenses are עדשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /] – so contact lenses are עדשות מגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /].

In Biblical Hebrew, lentil soup is נזיד עדשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מרק-עדשים-#.m4a” /].

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how to say “chiseled” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 5, 2019August 28, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/חטוב-#.m4a” /]חָטוּב The Biblical root ח.ט.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/חטוב-#.m4a” /] means cutting or gathering wood. Thus, the body of someone who is really good shape – cut or chiseled – is חטוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/חטוב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/חטוב-#.m4a” /]איזה גוף חטוב! באיזה חדר כושר אתה מתאמן, דוד? What a chiseled body! What gym do you work out in, David?…

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ByAmi Steinberger December 9, 2010November 6, 2018

להבריח I’m reading a book written by a cousin of my grandmother’s, who was among those in Budapest that helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust. One of the missions he participated in was smuggling Jews across the Romanian border to safety, on their way to אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (EH-rets yees-rah-EL) – the Land of Israel….

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