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how to say “in-country tourism” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]תַּיָּרוּת פְּנִים The Hebrew word for tourist is תייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /], which derives from the simple verb לתור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /] – to explore, to spy out, as in the Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה, לָתוּר אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן (במדבר י”ג, י”ז) And Moses sent them to spy out the Land of Canaan (Numbers…
how to say “to mend” in Hebrew
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how to say “navy blue” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /]כָּחוֹל כֵּהֶה Navy blue, in Hebrew, is כחול כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /] – literally, dark blue. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /]יש לכם חולצה כזאת בצבע כחול כהה? Do you guys have a shirt like this in the color navy blue ? כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/כחול-כהה-#.m4a” /] means simply dark when describing a person or object, so that dark red…
how to say “bad words” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /]מִילִּים גַּסּוֹת, קְלָלוֹת I grew up in Los Angeles, where half of my class in school spoke Farsi. As a youth, which words did I naturally I pick up? The curse words – in Hebrew, מילים גסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – literally coarse words, or simply קללות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – curses. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a”…
how to say “doesn’t go together with…” in Hebrew
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how do you say “I beg of you!” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מִתְחַנֵּן! The Hebrew word for to beg or to plead – להתחנן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-2.m4a” /] – goes all the way back to Biblical times. In fact, it appears in the title of last week’s Torah portion – ואתחנן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-3.m4a” /] – and I pleaded. Here’s an example in Modern Hebrew: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-4.m4a” /]אמא, אני מתחננת, תקני לנו…