how to say “hard” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-1.m4a” /]כּוֹאֵב לִי The Hebrew word for pain or ache is כאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-3.m4a” /]יש לי כאב ראש. I have a headache. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כואב-לי-4.m4a” /]יש לי כאב בצוואר. I have a pain in my (the) neck. The latter does not pack the same punch it does in English. To say I’m in pain…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]צַמֶּרֶת The uppermost part of a tree, the treetop, is צמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. It’s also the word for the upper echelons of, say, a government, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]בצמרת השלטון יושבים כמה אנשי צבא בכירים. In the upper echelons of the government (rulership) sit several senior military personnel. צמרת has a synonym which…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגדל-ילד-1.m4a” /]לְגַדֵּל יֶלֶד If you’ve got some rudimentary Hebrew, chances are you know the word for big – גדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגדל-ילד-2.m4a” /]. The word’s root ג.ד.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגדל-ילד-3.m4a” /] lays the foundation for many other words, one of which is the active-intensive verb לגדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגדל-ילד-4.m4a” /] – to raise a person, a plant, etc. To raise a child is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-1.m4a” /]לִסְפּוֹג If you’ve been in Israel over חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah), you certainly know the word for that special jelly doughnut – סופגניה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-3.m4a” /]. סופגניה derives from the simple verb לספוג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לספוג-1.m4a” /] – to absorb, since the pastry is capable of absorbing lots of oil. לספוג is used in the literal sense, as well…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/לא-פשוט-#.m4a” /]לֹא פָּשׁוּט פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/לא-פשוט-#.m4a” /], which means literally simple, is one of the most useful words in Modern Hebrew. One usage is in Hebrew’s expression for not a simple matter: לא פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/לא-פשוט-#.m4a” /] – literally, not simple. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/לא-פשוט-#.m4a” /]היא נקלעה למצב לא פשוט, מסכנה. She fell into a not-simple situation, poor…
having trouble seeing the print? מְמֻצָּע check out the new ulpan.com The Hebrew word for (the) middle is אֶמְצַע . For example: הִיא עוֹמֶדֶת בְּאֶמְצַע הַחֶדֶר. She is standing in the middle of the room. The root of אמצע is מ.צ.ע, which appears as an active-intensive פִּעֵל verb – לְמַצֵּעַ in the Mishnah: כְּשֶׁהוּא מְנַחֵם אֶת אֲחֵרִים…