how to say “humanness” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחבל-מתאבד-1.m4a” /]מְחַבֵּל מִתְאַבֵּד The expression suicide bomber aptly described the terrorists of the second Intifada in Israel of the early 2000s. Today’s attackers are just as willing to die in order to murder Jews, but they tend to use knives and cars instead of bombs. The Hebrew equivalent of suicide bomber applies to both brands of terrorist: מחבל מתאבד[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-1.m4a” /]כְּבִישׁ מִתְפַּתֵּל While רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-2.m4a” /] is street, כביש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-3.m4a” /] is road. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-4.m4a” /]לא הולכים ברגל בכביש המהיר. (You/they/we) don’t walk on the highway (fast road).  A winding road is כביש מתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-1.m4a” /], where מתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-5.m4a” /] comes form the reflexive התפעל verb להתפתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-6.m4a” /] of the root פ.ת.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כביש-מתפתל-7.m4a” /]….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ללטף-#.m4a” /]לְלַטֵּף The Hebrew word for to pet or to caress (a human being as well) is ללטף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ללטף-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ללטף-#.m4a” /]איזה כלב חמוד שם בפתח, בא לי ללטף אותו. What a cute dog there in the doorway, I feel like petting it. ללטף is a פיעל verb whose root is ל.ט.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ללטף-#.m4a” /]….