how to say “keyword” in Hebrew


[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-1.m4a” /]מֶרְכַּז מְבַקְּרִים If you live in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, you probably know that the region is also called המרכז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-2.m4a” /] – the center, because it is the commercial center of Israel, as well as the most heavily-populated area. A center is a מרכז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרכז-מבקרים-3.m4a” /], of the root ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration. To…
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having trouble seeing the print? בִּשּׁוּל When the Children of Israel left Egypt thousands of years ago, they didn’t have time to bake bread or cook anything, for that matter. Today’s Children of Israel, however, clean and cook to make the festival clean from physical and spiritual clutter… and joyous. Class starts right after Passover…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁבָה Some of you may know this word from the Religious-Zionist camps of North America, Camp Moshava. Without insinuating that Jews and Israelis are trying to take over the world, מושבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /] does mean colony. In today’s usage, מושבה generally refers to neighborhoods in Israel established by foreign nations such the Greeks and…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /]מַפְתִּיעַ You may know the Hebrew word for a surprise – הפתעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /]זאת מסיבת הפתעה, אל תגלו לו! It’s a surprise party, don’t (you guys) tell him! הפתעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] derives from the הפעיל verb להפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] – to surprise. Likewise, something surprising is מפתיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מפתיע-#.m4a” /] (something…