Crazy Agricultural Tech Innovations in Israel

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לשכור-#.m4a” /]לִשְׂכּוֹר American English says to rent, while British English says to hire. The Hebrew word for both of these in all their meanings is לשכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לשכור-#.m4a” /] (also pronounced with a soft כ, like this[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לשכור-#.m4a” /]), a simple verb of the root שׂ.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לשכור-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לשכור-#.m4a” /]אני שוכר רכב ואנחנו נוסעים…

מִזְרָח A few generations ago, my family lived in מזרח אירופה – eastern Europe. The Hebrew word for east is מזרח, called such because the sun rises – השמש זורחת – in the east. Here’s מזרח in another context: הם גרים במזרח ירושלים. They live in East Jerusalem. The word for west also has to…

לִנְסוֹעַ, לְטַיֵּיל The basic Hebrew word for to travel – meaning to get from point A to point B – is the simple verb לנסוע. For example: לאן אתם נוסעים? Where are you guys going (by car)? Note that נוסעים means going in this case: לנסוע is to travel by vehicle or to go somewhere by vehicle, while…