how to say “to embrace” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/נסיעה-טובה-#.m4a” /]נְסִיעָה טוֹבָה, דֶּרֶךְ צְלֵחָה By far the more common expression for have a  good trip is נסיעה טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/נסיעה-טובה-#.m4a” /] – literally, a good trip. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/נסיעה-טובה-#.m4a” /]אתם טסים כבר מחר? נסיעה טובה! You guys are flying already tomorrow? Have a good trip! But another expression finds its way into conversational Hebrew as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-1.m4a” /]לָעוּף, לָטוּס How do you say to fly in Hebrew? Depend on who’s flying. If it’s a bird or another organism, the word is לעוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-2.m4a” /]. For example:   [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לעוף-לטוס-3.m4a” /]עוף, גוזל. Fly away, little bird. But if what’s flying (or the one doing the work involved in flying) is an inanimate object,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-1.m4a” /]לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ If you know a bit of Yiddish, you probably know the term משוגענע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-2.m4a” /] (meshugeneh) – a crazy person. This word comes directly from Biblical Hebrew, a word that is used until today: משוגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-3.m4a” /] – mad or crazy. Likewise, to go crazy is להשתגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-4.m4a” /]אפשר להשתגע מכל הרעש!…