how to say “human shield” in Hebrew
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יְקוּם Can’t read Hebrew yet? Biblical Hebrew uses the word יְקוּם to mean substance or existence – coarsely, stuff. For example, in the story of the Flood, G-d says: …וּמָחִיתִי אֶת כָּל הַיְּקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה… …and I will wipe out all the substance that I made from the…
פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים Can’t read Hebrew yet? Today in Israel sales of dried fruits will be up by several hundred percent as the country marks the occasion of ט”וּ בִּשְׁבָט Tu Bishvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat – when Jews celebrate the budding of spring. The word for fruit is פְּרִי (note…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/כובע-מצחייה-#.m4a” /]כּוֹבַע מִצְחִיָּה The Hebrew word for a hat is כובע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/כובע-מצחייה-#.m4a” /]. The word refers to a hat of any kind, even a stocking cap – כובע גרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/כובע-מצחייה-#.m4a” /]. A baseball cap or visor is כובע מצחייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/כובע-מצחייה-#.m4a” /] – literally, a hat-forehead cover, as מצח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/כובע-מצחייה-#.m4a” /] means forehead. Mind you, baseball is not a big deal in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עבר-כל-גבול-#.m4a” /]עָבַר כָּל גְּבוּל If גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עבר-כל-גבול-#.m4a” /] is border, boundary or “the line”, then עבר את הגבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עבר-כל-גבול-#.m4a” /] means crossed the line. But the more common, more poignant way of saying this, is עבר כל גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עבר-כל-גבול-#.m4a” /] – crosssed every line. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עבר-כל-גבול-#.m4a” /]מה שהדוגמנית אמרה בראיון אתמול עבר כל גבול….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמו-שצריך-#.m4a” /]כְּמוֹ שֶׁצָּרִיךְ כמו שצריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמו-שצריך-#.m4a” /] is a very common expression in Hebrew that means well or properly: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמו-שצריך-#.m4a” /]תסגור את הברז כמו שצריך. Close the faucet properly (as it should be closed). The expression means literally, as is needed. Since Hebrew doesn’t have a word for should, צריך often functions as should. For example: [audioclip…