how to say “hopes and dreams” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עוני-1.m4a” /]עֹנִי The Hebrew Bible having exported to the world the value of helping the weak, it should come as no surprise that Hebrew has more than ten ways to say poverty, including דלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עוני-2.m4a” /], אביונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עוני-3.m4a” /] and מסכנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עוני-4.m4a” /]. The common word used today to describe this state lacking is עוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עוני-1.m4a” /], the same word…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אַזְכָּרָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the simple verb לזכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /] – to remember, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אני זוכר אותה! I (a male) remember her! Then there’s the הפעיל verb from the same root, to remind – להזכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]לא צריך להזכיר לה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /]לְרַפֵּא, לְהֵירָפֵא How do you say to heal in Hebrew? It depends on whether you’re doing it to yourself or to someone else. To heal someone else is לרפא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /]התרופה ריפאה אותו לחלוטין. The medication healed him completely. In this example, the medication is doing…
The Modern Hebrew word for profession – מִקְצוֹע (meek-TSOH-ah) appears in the Bible meaning the side of a room/ a geometrical figure. The root is ק.צ.ע (k.ts.a), a root that shares its first two letters with other roots of a similar meaning: ק.צ.ה (k.ts.h) – edge; ק.צ.ר (k.ts.r) – short (in length); etc. What…