– to describe. . [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”…
having trouble seeing the print? לִקְנוֹת זְמַן, לְהַרְוִיחַ זְמַן Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us To buy time means to put off an event until circumstances change in one’s favor. Hebrew translates this concept in two ways, one literal: לִקְנוֹת זְמַן to buy time and one approximate: לְהַרְוִיחַ זְמַן…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/משיח-#.m4a” /]מָשִׁיחַ The English word messiah is simply an anglicized version of the original Hebrew word: משיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/משיח-#.m4a” /]. And the Hebrew word refers to a person anointed with ceremonial oil – a priest, a monarch, and most notably, the Jewish king descended from King David destined to redeem his people: מלך המשיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/משיח-#.m4a” /]….
אַרְיֶה, לָבִיא If you’ve toured northern Israel, you may have come across a place called Kibbutz Lavi – קִבּוּץ לָבִיא The word לָבִיא, in Modern Hebrew, is a flowery term for lion – whereas אַרְיֶהis the common word: יֵשׁ אֲרָיוֹת בְּאַפְרִיקָה. There are lions in Africa. Adding a feminine suffix to לביא, we get…