how to say “audience” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /]לִטְרוֹף אֶת הַקְּלָפִים The Hebrew word root ט.ר.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /] has meant several things over the millennia, from tearing (טריפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /] – “treif” – an animal whose lung is torn) and devouring (לטרוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /] – to devour) to craziness (טירוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /]) and scrambling (ביצה טרופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לטרוף-את-הקלפים-#.m4a” /] – scrambled egg). What these meanings…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-1.m4a” /]עֶרֶב חַג In English, we have the expression on the eve of… meaning the day before an event, or the time leading up to it. Hebrew has the same, so that the day before a holiday – a holiday eve – is ערב חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ערב-חג-2.m4a” /]אין לנו זמן לשבת בבית…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-1.m4a” /]תַּחְלִיט! The Hebrew word for to decide is להחליט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-2.m4a” /]. It’s an active-causative verb of the biblical root ח.ל.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-3.m4a” /] meaning to make final. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-4.m4a” /]קשה לי להחליט איזה צבע לקחת… It’s hard for me to decide which color to take… To which someone losing patience might reply: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-1.m4a”…
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