how to say “famous” in Hebrew
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| זַמָּר מְפֻרְסָם
a famous singer
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having trouble seeing the print?
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| זַמָּר מְפֻרְסָם
a famous singer
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תַּנְחוּמִים listen to this word pronounced The other day, a friend and reader of this blog – a woman who watched me grow up – lost her husband, Roni Yelloz. Her sons, with whom I grew up, lost their father. To Eva, Marc, Joe and Gabi, my heart goes out to you. The Hebrew word…
צַר לִי לְאַכְזֵב My father, who grew up in Israel, raised me speaking Hebrew in the US. Thanks to him, when I came to live in Israel as an adult, I was already equipped with conversational Hebrew. But since my education took place in the States, I was missing some higher-register expressions such as צר…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]לְהַצְבִּיעַ עַל To indicate or to point out, in Hebrew, is להצביע על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /] – literally, to point at. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]מחקר חדש מצביע על כך שאכילת אגוזים תורמת לבריאות המוח. A new study indicates (points out) that eating nuts contributes to brain health. see full conversation The root of this…
חלבונים A couple of days ago we did the word for carbs – פַּחְמִימוֹת (pahkh-mee-MOHT). Today we’re going to look at another item on the Nutrition Facts section of packaged food – protein. Hebrew’s rendition of protein is חֶלְבּוֹן (khehl-BOHN), which is also the term for egg white. If you look closely at the word…
אֶל עַל listen to this word pronounced It’s very likely that you’re familiar with Israel’s flagship air carrier, El Al, especially if you’ve made aliyah through the Jewish Agency or Nefesh B’Nefesh. The idiom אֶל עַל (el AHL) means upward or skyward. I came across this term today as I began reading an article…
אָהוּב, אֲהוּבָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for love is אַהֲבָה listen and repeat (yep, just like the Dead Sea brand), whose root is א.ה.ב (a.h.b). To love is לֶאֱהוֹב listen and repeat, an active-simple verb. It also means to like. For example: אֲנִי אוֹהֵב פַּסְטָה. I like pasta….