how to say “giant” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-1.m4a” /]שְׁפִיּוּת The biblical story tells of the foreign prophet בלעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-2.m4a” /] (Balaam): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-3.m4a” /]וַיֵּלֶךְ שֶׁפִי and he walked relaxedly (alternative translation: up to a bare hill) Mishnaic Hebrew takes שפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-4.m4a” /] to imply a state of physical… or mental calmness – sanity, in contrast to a state of mental disturbance – insanity. In Hebrew, שפיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפיות-1.m4a”…

  רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     The word תַּחַת  listen and repeat means below or under, while מִתַּחַת  listen and repeat means underneath (literally, from under) as in:   הַנְּיָרוֹת נִמְצָאִים מִתַּחַת לַשֻּׁלְחָן. The papers are under the table.  listen    תחת also means one’s behind in slang.    תַּחְתִּית  listen and repeat means the bottom…