Conan and Fauda

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אטום-1.m4a” /]אָטוּם If you were in Israel during the Gulf War, you know that a חדר אטום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אטום-2.m4a” /] is a sealed room. Although the primary and original meaning of אטום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אטום-1.m4a” /] is sealed or sealed off tangibly, it also means sealed off to plain view – opaque. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אטום-3.m4a” /]אי אפשר לראות לתוך הבית כי החלונות אטומים….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]לְפַנּוֹת מָקוֹם To clear something – to remove it – is לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]דוד, שכחת לפנות את השולחן! David, you forgot to clear the table! So to clear space for someone or something – to make room or to give way – is לפנות מקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/לפנות-מקום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נפש-האדם-1.m4a” /]נֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם In English the word mind usually conjures up thought and cognitive processes. But the human mind is more than that: it includes emotions, aspirations, memories. It might even be considered the individual or the soul, which is why Hebrew uses the word נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נפש-האדם-2.m4a” /] to refer to it. For example, בריאות הנפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נפש-האדם-3.m4a” /]…