how to say “campsite” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 25, 2022July 19, 2022

מַחֲנֵה, חַנְיוֹן לַיְלָה

Some of my friends grew up going to מחנה קיץ
– summer camp, implying a sleep-away arrangement. I went to קייטנה
– day camp.

מחנה
means camp, as well as campsite in the general sense. But when looking for a place to spend the night on the Israel (hiking) Trail, you won’t find signs saying מחנה, but rather חניון לילה
.

For example:

לפי המפה יש חניון לילה בעוד שני קילומטר.

According to the map, there’s a campsite in two kilometers.

You may recognize חניון

in its usual appearance as parking lot. But when putting it together with לילה
– night – we get חניון לילה – a place to park ourselves for the night.

daily video – how to say “Christian” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 17, 2022February 15, 2022

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “selection” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 2, 2021January 28, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]בְּחִירָה, מִבְחָר Elections are coming up (again) in Israel. The Hebrew word for them is בחירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] – literally, choices, while בחירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /] is a choice. בחירה can also mean a selection in the sense of the selection of a particular item. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מבחר-#.m4a” /]אז מה הבחירה הסופית שלך, הספה הכחולה או…

how does one say “to contribute” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger July 6, 2010November 5, 2018

לתרום If you’re familiar with Jewish tradition and Jewish law, you probably know the word for contribution – תְּרוּמָה (troo-MAH). The root ת.ר.מ (t.r.m), which makes up the word תרומה, is itself actually derived from a more basic root – ר.ו.מ (r.w.m), which carries the basic meaning of height and loftiness. So a תרומה…

how to say “outsourcing” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 10, 2020June 5, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]מִקּוּר חוּץ Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for source is מקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]. Now, that’s source the noun. What about to source? That’s the פיעל verb למקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /], while sourcing is מיקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]. What about outsourcing? That’s מיקור חוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]מיקור חוץ היא שיטת חיסכון נפוצה ביותר בעידן…

how to say “to rely (upon)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 30, 2012October 31, 2018

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how to say “to strike” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 24, 2016October 22, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-1.m4a” /]לִשְׁבּוֹת, לְהַכּוֹת Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for a strike – שביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-2.m4a” /]. This noun comes from the active-simple verb לשבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-3.m4a” /] – to strike or to refrain from work. But what about to strike another person – to hit? That’s the active-intensive להכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-4.m4a” /]. Here’s an example from the biblical story of Moses: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-5.m4a”…

מַחֲנֵה, חַנְיוֹן לַיְלָה

Some of my friends grew up going to מחנה קיץ – summer camp, implying a sleep-away arrangement. I went to קייטנה – day camp.

מחנה means camp, as well as campsite in the general sense. But when looking for a place to spend the night on the Israel (hiking) Trail, you won’t find signs saying מחנה, but rather חניון לילה.