how to say “ambassador” in Hebrew
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having trouble seeing the print? כְּוִיַּת שֶׁמֶשׁ brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! If you’re like me and you’ve had a sunburn before, raise your hand. The word for sun – שֶׁמֶשׁ (SHEH-mesh) – is one of those…
חֲטִיפָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’d like to follow the Hebrew news, one of the key words you’ll need to know these days is the one for a kidnapping – חֲטִיפָה . It comes from the root ח.ט.פ (kh.t.p), which means grabbing or snatching. We saw this root in a happier context a few weeks…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-1.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת לְנִתּוּב שִׂיחוֹת Many of us in Israel hear this expression whenever we call a company: מערכת לניתוב שיחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-1.m4a” /] – literally, a system for routing calls. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-2.m4a” /]לפניכם, מערכת לניתוב שיחות. Before you is a call-routing system. Broken down: מערכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-3.m4a” /] – system, from the root ע.ר.כ[audioclip…
אֵין לִי מֻשָּׂג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-לי-מושג-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for idea is רעיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-לי-מושג-2.mp3″ /], while the word for concept is מושג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-לי-מושג-3.mp3″ /] – literally, that which is attained (intellectually). Hebrew’s equivalent for the expression I have no idea is אין לי מושג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-לי-מושג-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אין-לי-מושג-4.mp3″ /]אין לי מושג למה הם מתקשרים אלי כל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /]חֲבִיתָה We’ve seen a couple of forms that a cooked egg might end up on your plate, and what to call them in Hebrew. But how about an omelet? That’s a חביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /], deriving from the word for frying pan – מחבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-2.m4a” /]. Here’s חביתה in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-3.m4a” /]היא מעדיפה חביתה על פני…