how to say “direction” in Hebrew
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Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by Yom Tov I’ve seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself. Check out Yom Tov’s virtual gallery, and visit his Kohelet exhibition in Jerusalem. It’s open throughout the summer. גָּמוּר, גְּמוּרָה listen to these words pronounced אֲנִי גָּמוּר – I’m exhausted, or…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להיפטר-מ-#.m4a” /]לְהִפָּטֵר מִ- The Hebrew word for to get rid of something is להיפטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להיפטר-מ-#.m4a” /]. It always has -מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להיפטר-מ-#.m4a” /] – from or of – before the next word. It’s a נפעל verb, so that in the past tense it looks like this: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/להיפטר-מ-#.m4a” /]נפטרתי מכל הדברים המיותרים שישבו במחסן. I got…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-1.m4a” /]לִכְבּוֹשׁ To conquer – whether land or one’s own desires – is לכבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-1.m4a” /] in Hebrew. As Ben Zoma taught: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-2.m4a” /]איזהו גיבור? הכובש את יצרו. (אבות פרק ד’) Who is a hero? He who restrains himself (conquers his inclination). (Ethics of the Fathers, Chapter 4) That which is conquered is כבוש[audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? מוֹסָד The Mossad – Israel’s premier intelligence agency – is famous for conducting some of the most daring and surprising undercover missions in the world. The word Mossad in Hebrew – מוֹסָד– means institution or institute. Referring to the intelligence agency, we say literally, The Institute – הַמּוֹסָד. For example, educational institutions are מוֹסְדוֹת…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַפְצִיר Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online To beg, in Hebrew, is לְהִתְחַנֵּן . But there’s a certain type of begging that doesn’t let up. To beg in such a manner is לְהַפְצִיר . This word is used, albeit in a different verb form, in Biblical Hebrew,…