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how to say “to leverage” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 29, 2011November 7, 2018

לְמַנֵּף A crane or a lever in Hebrew is a מָנוֹף (mah-NOHF). To leverage – to use resources to gain a desired outcome (rough definition) – is לְמַנֵּף (leh-mah-NEF) in Hebrew. It’s an active-intensive פיעל (pee-EL) verb. Check out our Summer 2011 classes for adults as well as teens in our…

how to say “emergency room” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 24, 2016October 22, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-1.m4a” /]חֲדַר מִיּוּן If you know some basic Hebrew, you most likely know the word חדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-2.m4a” /] – room. When חדר is connected to another word in an of (construct) relationship, it is pronounced with ah vowels. For example, חֲדַר שינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-3.m4a” /] is a bedroom or a room of sleep. An emergency room is חדר מיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חדר-מיון-1.m4a” /] –…

how to say “shopping” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 3, 2013October 29, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? קְנִיּוֹת Conversational-Hebrew classes in Jerusalem – Tel Aviv RBS – Rehovot – everywhere else Whereas שׁוֹפִּינְג is still the term that refers to that activity that my mother loves so much, shopping for clothes, Israelis call general shopping – like for food and electronics – קְנִיּוֹת . קְנֵה פָּחוֹת, חְיֵה יוֹתֵר buy less, live more (picture taken at a…

how to say “comment” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 30, 2019June 25, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/הערה-#.m4a” /]הֶעָרָה The Hebrew word for a comment is הערה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/הערה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/הערה-#.m4a” /]שאלות? הערות? Questions? Comments? הערה is related to the word להתעורר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/הערה-#.m4a” /] – to wake up: they both come from the root ע.ו.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/הערה-#.m4a” /], which means rouse, awaken. When we comment, we awaken the listener’s attention to something. To comment (also…

how to say “suburbs” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 28, 2022July 19, 2022

פַּרְווָרִים Every Dose this week introduces a word or expression with origins in Biblical Hebrew, and פרוור – suburb – is no exception. It’s sometimes spelled פרבר, as in: בגלל יוקר המחיה עברנו לפרברים. Because of the high cost of living we moved to the suburbs. Now, פרוור doesn’t look or sound like a Semitic…

how to say “great!” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 25, 2022April 21, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]אֵיזֶה יוֹפִי! נֶהֱדָר! In Italian it’s fantastico! In Spanish it’s genial! In English it’s great!… and in Hebrew it’s איזה יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /] or נהדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]! איזה יופי means literally what beauty! For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a” /]איזה יופי שהצלחתם להזיז את הטיסה! How great that you guys managed to change your (the) flight! יופי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/יופי-#.m4a”…

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