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how to say “rainbow” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]קֶשֶׁת The word for rainbow is קשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]הם לבושים בבגדים מכל צבעי הקשת. They’re dressed in clothing of all the colors of the rainbow. Though at the first place the word קשת appears in the Bible it means rainbow, the word probably first meant simply bow, the type that people use…
how to say “expectations” in Hebrew
צִפִּיּוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ציפיות-1.mp3″ /] The simple verb לִצְפּוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ציפיות-2.mp3″ /] means to watch or look out on, so that while the male colloquial-Hebrew speaker will say… [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ציפיות-3.mp3″ /]אֲנִי רוֹאֶה טֶלֶוִיזְיָה. I’m watching (literally, I see) TV. The Israeli man speaking in a higher register would mean the same thing by saying: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ציפיות-4.mp3″ /]אֲנִי צוֹפֶה…
how to say “these” in Hebrew
The basic word for these is אלה, as in: אלה המשקפיים שאיבדתי! These are the glasses I lost! and את באמת רוצה לקנות את אלה? Do you (a female) really want to buy these? There’s also אלו, which people tend to use in order to sound smart. It’s used in exactly the same way as אלה. These…
how to say “a copy” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]עוֹתֶק, הֶעְתֵּק To copy in Hebrew is להעתיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb of the root ע.ת.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]אסור להעתיק תשובות במבחן! You’re (it’s) not allowed to copy answers on the exam! What about a copy? There are two words for this: עותק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /] and העתק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עותק-#.m4a” /]….
How to say “freedom” and “respon” in Hebrew
אחריות I. Thesis – תֵזָה (TEH-zah) On the one hand, G-d takes the Israelites out of the Egyptian bondage – חֵרוּת (heh-ROOT) – see yesterday’s post. II. Antithesis – אַנְטִיתֵזָה (AHN-tee-teh-zah) On the other hand, the phrase that Moses utters on behalf of G-d, “Let my people go…” (שַלַּח אֶת…
how to say “hospitalization” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? אִשְׁפּוּז One of the key terms of the holiday of סֻכּוֹת, huts (or Tabernacles) (soo-KOHT), which began already in Israel*, is אֻשְׁפִּיזִין (oosh-pee-ZEEN). This Aramaic word refers to the spiritual guests that are said to visit Jewish families celebrating in their סוכות. It’s also the name of a funny, heartwarming glimpse into the…