how to say “breakfast cereal” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /]מַרְאֶה חִיצוֹנִי מראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] – appearance – comes from the root ר.א.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] meaning seeing. חיצוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] – outward or external – comes from ח.ו.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] meaning out. Here’s מראה חיצוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /]אסור לתת למראה החיצוני של אדם להטעות אותנו. We must not let a person’s outward appearance mislead…
having trouble seeing the print? מַשְׁקוֹף The Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over tells of the Exodus from Egypt – יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם (yeh-tsee-AHT meets-RAH-yeem). One of the best-known symbols of the Exodus is the animal blood smeared on the doorposts of the Israelite homes, meant (in my understanding) as…
having trouble seeing the print? פַּשְׁטִידַת הָרוֹעֶה This one’s for my sister, who loves this dish. In honor of the cold weather felt in many parts of the world this week, here’s an entry about a nice hot food item. Shepherd’s pie, originating in what is today the United Kingdom, translates to פַּשְׁטִידַת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-1.m4a” /]לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַפְּרָחִים The simple word for a drink in Hebrew is שתייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-3.m4a” /]בא לי שתייה קרה. I feel like (having) a cold drink. But a higher-register word, corresponding to the English beverage, is משקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-4.m4a” /], of the root ש.ק.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-5.m4a” /] – drink. This root also plugs…
אָכִיל Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, to express that an object or concept is capable of doing something, we usually add the suffix -able or -ible, as in reasonable and edible. Sometimes we add -ous as a suffix to express the same, as in poisonous – something that is…