how to say “fits exactly” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /]בְּעָלִים Hebrew doesn’t have words for to own or to have. Rather, I have is יש לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] – literally, there is to me. And ownership is בעלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /], deriving from the Biblical word בעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] meaning master (also husband). When referring to the owner of a piece of real estate or a company, the word is בעלים[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]סִיכּוּי קָלוּשׁ To say there’s a slim chance that something will happen, use סיכוי קלוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]סיכוי קלוש שהיוגורט ישרוד שעתיים בחוץ. Slim chance that the yogurt will survive two hours outdoors. קלוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /] – flimsy, dilute – first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-1.m4a” /]פֶּרֶא אָדָם Earlier this week we saw that the Hebrew word פרוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-2.m4a” /] means wild or loose. Though the letters א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-3.m4a” /] and ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-4.m4a” /] had two (well, actually three) distinct sounds in Biblical Hebrew, these were close enough that sometimes an א might replace an ע. This seems to be the case with the word…