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– הוא ימני, והיא שמאלנית. זה בכלל לא מובן מאליו!
– הם מסתדרים ביחד למרות השקפות העולם השונות.
– מסתבר שזה אפשרי.
– He’s a rightist, she’s a leftist, it’s not to be taken for granted!
– They get along despite their different worldviews.
– Turns out it’s possible.
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
פ.ת.ח. Perhaps you know the word לִפְתּוֹח (leef-TOH-ah) – to open. If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you more than likely know the verse פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת יָדֶךָ וּמַשְׂבִּיעַ לְכָל חָי רָצוֹן (poh-TEH-ah et yah-DEH-khah oo-mahs-BEE-ah le-KHOL khai rah-TSOHN) – You open your hand and satiate all those that live with favor. The Hebrew…
חשיפה Given the Wikileaks story, disclosure seems to be the word of the week. To disclose or to expose, in Hebrew, is לַחְשׂוֹף (lahkh-SOHF). If you’re familiar with the Friday night service of קַבָּלָת שַׁבָּת (kah-bah-LAHT shah-BAHT), you may recognize this word, which appears in the psalm recited before לְכָה דּוֹדִי (le-KHAH doh-DEE). The gerund…
קייטנה Click the Hebrew word above to hear it pronounced. The Hebrew word for summer is קַיִץ (KAH-yeets), probably related to the Biblical Hebrew word for end – קֵץ (kehts), as summer can be seen as the end of the year (especially with Rosh Hashana coming up). Now, you may know that Aramaic is…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּגִידָה Interact with Your Daily Dose of Hebrew on Facebook! To betray is לִבְגּוֹד, in Hebrew. לבגוד is an active-simple פָּעַל verb, whose root is ב.ג.ד (b.g.d), the same as that for clothing. For example: הַבּוֹגְדִים בִּמְגִילַת אֶסְתֵּר the traitors in the Book of Esther בְּגִידָה, פֵּרוּשָׁהּ הֲפָרַת אֵמוּן. Betrayal means…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייבש-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְיַבֵּשׁ You may know the basic Hebrew word for dry – יבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייבש-2.m4a” /]. This word forms the root of related words such as the active-intensive לייבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייבש-3.m4a” /] – to dry something and the reflexive intensive להתייבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייבש-1.m4a” /] – to dry up… or to dehydrate. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתייבש-4.m4a” /]מאוד קל להתייבש בארץ בקיץ. It’s very…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]לְגַלּוֹת לגלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] means to reveal: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]אל תגלה לה את הסוד. Don’t tell her (reveal to her) the secret. (spoken to a male) It also means to discover: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /]קולומבוס גילה את אמריקה? Columbus discovered America? לגלות comes from the root ג.ל.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לגלות-#.m4a” /] and is a פיעל verb. Likewise, a revelation or discovery…