how to say “mask” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-1.m4a” /]עַקְרָב For those of us who live in the desert, עקרבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-2.m4a” /] – scorpions – could be a real issue. Note that when speaking of one such animal the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-3.m4a” /] in the word עקרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-1.m4a” /] has a soft v sound, but when speaking of more than one, it’s עקרבים with a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להעיז-1.m4a” /]לְהָעִיז I attended an all-boys high school – it housed nearly double the testosterone found at a coed school, with the grief caused to staff following a similar proportion. One time, several boys from another class decided to play a daring prank on a teacher: they lifted his car from his normal spot in the parking lot and moved…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-1.m4a” /]לְהַכְפִּיל, לְהִתְרַבּוֹת To multiply has multiple (well, two) words in Hebrew, each for a related but separate concept. There’s to multiply numbers or things – that’s להכפיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-2.m4a” /], from the root כ.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-3.m4a” /] meaning double. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-4.m4a” /]כשעברנו לבית החדש, הכפלנו את ההוצאות. When we moved to the new house, we doubled the expenses….