לְהִיצָּמֵד Ever use cling wrap – ניילון נצמד – that clings to everything but what you want it to cling to, so that you end up with an annoying mess? Choose your brand carefully. ניילון (nylon) is the word Israelis use to refer to transparent, flexible plastic. נצמד means clinging, while to cling is להיצמד –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /]שֶׁבִי The Hebrew word for captivity – שבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /] – looks like it could be related to to sit – לשבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /], especially considering the fact that !שבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /] means have a seat! when speaking to a female. But whereas the root of לשבת is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שבי-#.m4a” /], that of שבי (captivity) is ש.ב.ה[audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? הַגְדָּרָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Courses starting Sunday around the country! Yesterday’s entry introduced the word for fence or, more abstractly, framework. The root is ג.ד.ר (g.d.r). A definition is something that brings clarity to a word or idea: without definition, an idea runs freely, unattainable…