how to say “inferiority” and “nachas” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רצח-1.m4a” /]רֶצַח Recently, I posted an entry about the Hebrew term for suicide terrorist – מחבל מתאבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רצח-2.m4a” /]. Someone contacted me asking that I change the entry to reflect that such people should be termed homicide terrorists instead. While I agree in principle, this blog is here to teach Hebrew as it is commonly spoken, so I did not…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]מְשׁוֹרֵר We’ve seen that שיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means song, and שירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] means poetry. A poet is a משורר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if he’s male and משוררת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/משורר-#.m4a” /]למה התכוון המשורר עם השיר הזה? What did the poet intend with this poem? In the word משורר you…