listen and repeat.לְסָרֵב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to refuse is לְסָרֵב listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb. For example: אָנוּ שׁוֹמְרִים לְעַצְמֵנוּ אֶת הַזְּכוּת לְסָרֵב שֵׁרוּת לְכָל אָדָם. We reserve (to ourselves) the right to refuse service to anyone. listen Likewise, refusal is סֵרוּב listen and…
בְּרֹאשׁ מוּרָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-1.mp3″ /] To lift something, in Hebrew, is להרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-2.mp3″ /], an active-causative verb of the root ר.ו.מ (r.w.m) meaning height. Likewise, מורם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-3.mp3″ /] – an adjective derived from the passive-causative verb form – means lifted up So that when someone walks with their head held high – with a lifted head – they do so בראש…
having trouble seeing the print? אֻכְלוּסִיָּה The word used in Modern-Hebrew to refer to a specifc population is the same as that used in Mishnaic times: אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (ookh-loo-see-YAH). For example, גֹּדֶל אֻכְלוּסִיַּת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם מִתְקָרֶבֶת לִשְׁמוֹנֶה מְאוֹת אֶלֶף תּוֹשָׁבִים – the size of the population of Jerusalem is approaching eight hundred thousand residents (GOH-del ookh-loo-see-YAHT yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem meet-kah-REH-vet…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לגלות-אחריות-#.m4a” /]לָקַחַת אַחְרָיוּת, לְגַלּוֹת אַחְרָיוּת Taking responsibility could refer to a few things, most notably: claiming responsibility for having done something, usually something that has had a negative impact demonstrating responsibility, showing up as a responsible person, doing what’s right Hebrew uses לקחת אחריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/לגלות-אחריות-#.m4a” /] – literally, to take responsibility, for both. For example: [audioclip…