Hatzalah, Faster than an Ambulance | Unpacked

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-1.m4a” /]הֲגִירָה, נְדִידָה In light of the current waves of migration, here’s the most common word for it in Hebrew: הגירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-3.m4a” /]לאחרונה ראינו גלי הגירה מארצות מצוקה למערב אירופה. Recently we’ve seen waves of migration from poor countries to Western Europe. Immigration – incoming migration – is הגירה נכנסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-4.m4a” /]…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /]תּוֹךְ שְׁנִיָּה Like the English word second, Hebrew’s שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /] refers to both to the smallest unit of time that is used in day to day life, as well as that which comes after the first. In a second is תוך שנייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /] – literally, within a second. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תוך-שנייה-#.m4a” /]תוך שנייה אני מגיע. I’ll…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְהַפֵּךְ The Hebrew word for opposite is הפך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]האם כחול הוא ההפך של אדום? Is blue the opposite of red? הפך also provides a three-letter root, so that to turn over (to the opposite side) is the התפעל verb להתהפך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]בגיל ארבעה חודשים היא…