how to say “delegation” in Hebrew
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לָלֶדֶת, לְהוֹלִיד One of the topics of the Torah portion read this week by Jews around the world is childbirth. The Hebrew word for to give birth is לָלֶדֶת (lah-LEH-det). For example, הָאִשָּׁה יָלְדָה יַלְדָּה (hah-ee-SHAH yahl-DAH yahl-DAH) – The woman gave birth to a girl (the first ילדה is the verb, and the second is…
יציאה The Hebrew root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) carries the concept of leaving or exiting. יְצִיאָה (ye-tsee-AH) most often refers to an exit, such as in this photo: But יציאה also refers to an exodus, such as יְצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם (ye-tsee-AHT meets-RAH-yeem – Egypt). Likewise, those who exited a particular land on their way to the…
The last post gave you the correct links to the review materials, but also wished you a Happy Passover a few weeks late… or almost a year in advance. So I’ll take this opportunity to wish you: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend as well as give you another…
If you’re like me and sometimes act on impulse without thinking, raise your hand. Like many words that came into Hebrew in the modern era, the foreign אימפולסיבי is the word of choice for many Israelis. Still, another much more ancient word – פזיז – can be found in Hebrew conversation as well. For example:…
I like to be moving forward – מתקדם – in all areas of my life. If I’m not moving forward I’m עומד במקום – standing in place – or stagnating. Here’s a variation of לעמוד במקום – to stand in place – in a complete sentence: אם אני עומד במקום, סימן שאני תקוע. If I’m…