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how to say “the United States” in Hebrew

how to say “the United States” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     Earlier this week we saw the Hebrew versions of a couple of “united” political bodies:   הָאוּמוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת (הָאוּ”ם) the United Nations (the UN)  listen and repeat   and    הַמַּמְלָכָה הַמְּאֻחֶדֶת the United Kingdom  listen and repeat   Both of these use…

how to say “suspense” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  מֶתַח  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     In Biblical Hebrew, the simple verb לִמְתּוֹח  listen and repeat of the root מ.ת.ח (m.t.kh) means to spread out. Modern Hebrew also uses the word to mean to stretch, while a מְתִיחָה  listen and repeat is a stretch, for example:   הוּא עוֹשֶׂה עֶשֶׂר מְתִיחוֹת לִפְנֵי שֶׁהוּא נִכְנָס…

how to say “I feel like” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /]בָּא לִי, קוֹרֵץ לִי Instead of אני רוצֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] (I want – m)  or אני רוצָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] (I want – f), you’re likely to hear Israeli kids saying בא לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] – I feel like, or literally it comes to me, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /]בא לי עוגה. I feel like (having)…

how to say “sophisticated” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

מְתֻחְכָּם   If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for wise or smart – חָכָם/חֲכָמָה.   But sophisticated is more than smart. It takes smart to a whole different level. Thus Hebrew takes the root ח.כ.מ (kh.k.m) and adds a ת (t) to the beginning, taking the meaning of words derived to a whole new level….

how to say “problematic” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעייתי-1.m4a” /]בְּעָיָתִי If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you probably know the word בעיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעייתי-2.m4a” /] – problem, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעייתי-3.m4a” /]אין בעיה! No problem! Problematic is בעייתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעייתי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעייתי-4.m4a” /]שתי חתונות באותו ערב – זה בעייתי. Two weddings on the same evening – this is probematic. The same…

how to say “ocean” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-1.m4a” /]אוֹקְיָנוּס The largest body of water that the first readers of the Hebrew Bible knew was the Mediterranean. They called it הים הגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-2.m4a” /] – the Great Sea. Thus there’s no word in Biblical Hebrew – or Modern Hebrew, for that matter – for ocean. Instead, we use the same word that English borrowed from Ancient…