how to say “ambassador” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מרפסת-1.m4a” /]מִרְפֶּסֶת, גְּזוּזְטְרָה The part of a house or apartment that juts out and provides space for leisure furniture is called in Hebrew a מרפסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מרפסת-2.m4a” /]. This structure can appear on the ground floor, so that in English it would be called a porch or a veranda. It can also spring forth from an above-ground…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפחית-1.m4a” /]לְהַפְחִית If you’ve got some Level 1 Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפחית-2.m4a” /] – more. The opposite of יותר is פחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפחית-3.m4a” /] – less, and this word forms the basis of to reduce or to lessen: להפחית, an active-causative הפעיל verb of the root פ.ח.ת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפחית-4.m4a”…

  having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁוָאָה    How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course.  Sign up now!   The other day I introduced the Hebrew word for equality, שִׁוְיוֹן (sheev-YOHN). Here’s another word that comes from that root (שׁ.ו.ה – sh.w.h): מִשְׁוָאָה (meesh-vah-AH), meaning equation. It’s the word used in Israeli math classes, financial formulas…