how to say “melting” in Hebrew




[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-1.m4a” /]טָרִי Although you might have eaten at a restaurant in Jerusalem called פרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-2.m4a” /], the true Hebrew word for fresh is טרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טרי-3.m4a” /]בשוק מחנה יהודה קונים ירקות טריים וטעימים. At the Mahane Yehuda market, (you can) buy fresh, tasty vegetables. There, you a seller might try to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-1.m4a” /]בָּרָד Mind you, this is not hail as in All hail the king! This is hail in the frozen rain sense: ברד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-1.m4a” /]. For example: This is not rain, this is hail. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-2.m4a” /]זה לא גשם, זה ברד. ברד can also refer to a frozen beverage like those sold at 7-Eleven. The word is related…
אוֹדוֹתֵנוּ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Just as English has various words for about – regarding, in reference to, etc – so does Hebrew. עַל listen and repeat is the most common word, as in: אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא מְדַבְּרִים עַל אֹתוֹ אָדָם. We’re not talking about the same person. listen …
אַשְׁמָה, לְהַאֲשִׁים listen to these words pronounced Note the similarity between the English word shame and the Hebrew word אָשֵׁם (ah-SHEM). The Hebrew word describes a male as guilty. A guilty female would be אֲשֵׁמָה (ah-sheh-MAH). Guilt, that nasty feeling that might nevertheless provoke us to do good, is אַשְׁמָה. One might say, יֵשׁ…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]אוֹצָר The word אוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] means both treasure and treasury (Israel’s Ministry of Finance is called משרד האוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] – literally, Ministry of the Treasury). It’s also a Hebrew name for both girls and boys, though not a common one. Here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]הילדה הזאת היא פשוט אוצר. This…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]הִתְפָּרְצוּת While פריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a break in (and פריצת דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a breakthrough), התפרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is an eruption or outbreak. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]מה השינויים שעבר העולם מאז התפרצות מגפת הקורונה? What are the changes the world went through since the outbreak of the coronavirus? התפרצות is a noun form…