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how to say “to happen” in Hebrew
לִקְרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for to happen is לקרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /], a simple verb whose root is ק.ר.ה (k.r.h). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-2.wav” /]מה קרה? What happened? and the informal greeting: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-3.mp3″ /]מה קורה? What’s happening? Since the word קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-4.mp3″ /] sounds the same as the word for read as in he read –…
how to say “hall” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]הֵיכָל, אוּלָם Hebrew has two words for the type of hall that can fit lots of people: היכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] and אולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /]. היכל refers to a hall consecrated for a particular purpose, such as היכל התרבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/אולם-#.m4a” /] – the Hall of Culture in Tel Aviv, and the היכל that was the gathering place…
how to say “plans” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תכניות-1.m4a” /]תָּכְנִיּוֹת I used to think that the word for content or substance – תוכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תכניות-2.m4a” /] – derives from the word תוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תכניות-3.m4a” /] – inside. Makes sense, right? Contents are inside something. Except that תוכן appears in Biblical Hebrew, where it means measurement or quota. In any case, the related word תכנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תכניות-4.m4a” /] – plan – has elements of both contents and measurement: a good plan…
how to say “on the contrary” in Hebrew
אַדְרַבָּה Hear this word pronounced One way of saying on the contrary in Hebrew is לְהֶפֶך (leh-HEH-fekh) – literally, to the opposite. A word that will make you sound really smart is אַדְרַבָּה (AHD-rah-bah). It comes from Babylonian Aramaic and is used mostly in academic circles… and in the בֵּית מִדְרָש (beit meed-RAHSH) – religious house…
how to say “printing” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? דְּפוּס Yesterday, we saw the Hebrew terms for population, which come from the Ancient Greek word for masses, όχλος (OHKH-lohs). Today I’ll introduce another Hebrew word that borrows from Greek. Yesterday I visited two printing houses to pick up booklets for Ulpan La-Inyan, one in Raanana and the other in Tel…
how to say “a quality person” in Hebrew
אָדָם עֶרְכִּי Some people are fun. Some people are nice. And some people inspire others towards good just by being themselves. Such a person who inspires others thus is called, in Hebrew, an אָדָם עֶרְכִּי (ah-DAHM ehr-KEE) – literally, a person of value. Of course, every human being has value, and every human being is…