how to say “human touch” in Hebrew

Take the YDDH Challenge! January – June 2015 July – December 2015 [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /]שְׁלִיחוּת The simple Hebrew verb לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-2.m4a” /] means to send, and שליחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /] means errand or mission. This mission could be one with a clear dispatcher and emissary, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-3.m4a” /]אנחנו בארצות הברית השנה בשליחות מטעם הסוכנות היהודית. We are in the United…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]לְהָנִיף דֶּגֶל The Hebrew word for flag is דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in the biblical: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן תֵּימָנָה (במדבר ב’, י’) The flag of the camp of Reuben towards the south (Numbers 2:10) To raise a flag or to fly a flag is להניף דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]בשנת 1967…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לנסח-1.m4a” /]לְנַסֵּחַ To write is לכתוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לנסח-2.m4a” /]. But to formulate – to write carefully, thoughtfully, looking for the best wording – is לנסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לנסח-1.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root, נ.ס.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לנסח-3.m4a” /], in the word referring to a particular tradition – formulation – of Jewish prayer, נוסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לנסח-4.m4a” /] (likewise, a formula is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לטפס-1.m4a” /]לְטַפֵּס One of my Arik Einstein favorites, אוהב להיות בבית [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לטפס-2.m4a” /] (I Like to Be Home) is a gem of a song for people looking to get a sense of Hebrew’s so-called present tense (I say so-called, because really such “present-tense verbs” in Hebrew are participles). The song begins: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לטפס-3.m4a” /]יש אנשים שמטפסים…