how to say “ambassador” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]לִטְעוֹם The Hebrew word טעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /] means taste or flavor. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]יש לזה טעם של בוטנים. It has a flavor of peanuts. To taste is the simple verb לטעום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת פיסול, והוא טועם יין. She studies sculpting, and he tastes wine.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /]מַנְחֶה If you were living in Israel during the days of the lockdowns, you certainly heard the word הנחיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – guidelines. הנחיות comes from the הפעיל verb להנחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – to guide, but also to facilitate or to moderate something like a discussion or a game. The person who facilitates or moderates is a מנחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]פָּשׁוּט Whereas in English it takes three (albeit short) words to say it’s just that…, Hebrew keeps it simple with one word: פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /], which means, well simple or simply. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/פשוט-#.m4a” /]לא התכוונתי להתעלם ממך, פשוט הייתי נורא עסוק. I didn’t mean to ignore you (a female), it’s just that I…
קָרוֹב לְוַדַּאי Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew has a way of sounding a bit overconfident sometimes. We use surely to mean probably, as in: הוּא בֶּטַח יַגִּיעַ תּוֹךְ שְׁתֵּי דַּקּוֹת. He’ll probably (surely) arrive within two minutes. And we mean to say more than likely, we’re literally saying close to…
תמיכה Perhaps you’ve called up one of Israel’s phone companies seeking technical support. The phrase in Hebrew for this is תְּמִיכָה טֶכְנִית (te-mee-KHAH TEKH-neet). You can also support a friend – לִתְמוֹךְ בְּחָבֵר (leet-MOKH be-khah-VEHR) – or an organization – לִתְמוֹךְ בְּאִרְגּוּן (leet-MOKH be-eer-GOON). Why this word now? Because this week’s Torah…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מה-זאת-אומרת-1.m4a” /]מַה הַכַּוָּנָה? מַה זּׁאת אוֹמֶרֶת? Text has dominated among the communication media in recent decades. But key elements of communication are lost in text – body language and tone of voice. Thus the question, What do you mean? could sound genuinely curious, or it could sound argumentative or dismissive. Hebrew’s מה הכוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מה-זאת-אומרת-2.m4a” /] – literally, what’s the…