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how to say “Youth Aliyah” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /]עֲלִיַּת הַנֹּעַר With a Germany of the 1930s becoming more and more hostile towards Jews, a woman named Recha Freier took action and launched a movement called עליית הנוער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /] – youth aliyah, or immigration of the youth to the Land of Israel. Here’s the term in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/עליית-הנוער-#.m4a” /]הרבה יהודים ניצלו מהשואה בזכות…
how to say “to put (someone) to bed” in Hebrew
לְהַשְׁכִּיב Can’t read Hebrew yet? לִשְׁכַּב means to lie down. For example: בְּשַׁבָּת אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַיִם, אַבָּא שׁוֹכֵב עַל הַסַּפָּה. On Shabbat afternoon, Dad lies down on the sofa. לשכב is an intransitive form (more or lesss) of an active-simple verb, whose root is שׁ.כ.ב (sh.k.b). In order to express the…
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how to say “Election Day” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/יום-הבחירות-#.m4a” /]יוֹם הַבְּחִירוֹת Much to the delight of employees throughout Israel, Election Day this week means not only the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, but also an official vacation day. The Hebrew term for Election Day is יום הבחירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/יום-הבחירות-#.m4a” /] – literally, day of the elections. For example, you might be wondering: [audioclip…
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how to say “done deal!” in Hebrew
סָגוּר! Can’t read Hebrew yet? סָגוּרmeans literally closed, but it is also used informally to mean decided and confirmed, as in: אָז נִפָּגֵשׁ בִּשְׂדֵה הַתְּעוּפָה. סָגוּר! So we’ll meet at the airport. Done deal! As does its English equivalent, !סגור comes from the business expression לִסְגּוֹר עִסְקָה – to close a deal …
