[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להישאר-1.m4a” /]לְהִשָּׁאֵר THe Hebrew word for to stay or to remain is להישאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להישאר-1.m4a” /] – a nifal verb based on the root ש.א.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להישאר-2.m4a” /] meaning the rest. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להישאר-3.m4a” /]למה נשארת בגשם בלי מטרייה? Why did you (a male) stay in the rain without an umbrella? Now although you can…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-1.m4a” /]מַגֶּבֶת This is a useful word if you’re stuck in a sub-par hotel and realize there’s nothing with which to dry yourself after a shower. מגבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-1.m4a” /] comes from the root נ.ג.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-2.m4a” /] meaning to wipe. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-3.m4a” /]יש לך מגבת ספייר? Do you (a male) have an extra towel?…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כברא-#.m4a” /]כְּבָר The Hebrew word כבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כברא-#.m4a” /] means not just the literal already, but so much more. In some cases it means yet, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כברא-#.m4a” /]שרה, קנית כבר כרטיסים להופעה? Sarah, have you bought tickets yet to the show? And in other cases, when paired with a negating word such as לא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כברא-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גבולי-#.m4a” /]גְּבוּלִי The Hebrew word גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גבולי-#.m4a” /] means border or boundary, both in the geographical sense and in the metaphorical sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גבולי-#.m4a” /]כשהוא רצה להישאר אצלנו שבוע שלישי הוא כבר עבר את הגבול. When he wanted to stay with us a third week he had crossed the line (crossed the boundary)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדיק-1.m4a” /]צַדִּיק If צדקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדיק-2.m4a” /] is charity or an act of justice or righteousness, a צדיק (a male) or a צדיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדיק-3.m4a” /] (a female) is a righteous person. Today, the straight-forward meaning of this word is used mainly by religious people. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צדיק-4.m4a” /]האישה הזאת אופה כל שבוע עוגיות בשביל…