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how to say “embassy” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שגרירות-#.m4a” /]שַׁגְרִירוּת The Hebrew word for ambassador was coined by former Prime Minister of Israel, Moshe Sharett. He took the Biblical-Hebrew root ש.ג.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שגרירות-#.m4a” /] meaning offspring or offshoot, used his imagination and came up with שגריר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שגרירות-#.m4a” /] – someone sent off to another country to represent his/her own. And embassy? That’s שגרירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שגרירות-#.m4a” /]. For…
how to say “a circle” in Hebrew
מַעֲגָל There’s a circle, meaning the shape – עִגּוּל (ee-GOOL). But what I’m referring to is the type of circle people might sit around and tell stories, such as in this little cartoon: This is called, in Hebrew, a מַעֲגָל (mah-ah-GAHL). Likewise, a traffic circle is called a מעגל תְּנוּעָה (mah-ah-GAHL te-noo-AH). It’s also known as a כִּכָּר (kee-KAHR)….
how to say “sign here” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחתום-פה-1.m4a” /]תַּחְתּוֹם פֹּה Over Yom Kippur you may have heard or perhaps wished someone גמר חתימה טובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחתום-פה-2.m4a” /] – a good final seal. The word חתימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחתום-פה-3.m4a” /] means seal or signature. Likewise, to sign is the simple verb לחתום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחתום-פה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תחתום-פה-5.m4a” /]תחתום פה. Sign here. That’s when speaking to a…
how do you say “really, really bad” in Hebrew?
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נורא-ואיום-1.m4a” /]נוֹרָא וְאָיוֹם This expression appears first in Biblical Hebrew, though there the words appear in the opposite order: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נורא-ואיום-2.m4a” /]כִּי-הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת-הַכַּשְׂדִּים, הַגּוֹי הַמַּר וְהַנִּמְהָר; הַהוֹלֵךְ, לְמֶרְחֲבֵי-אֶרֶץ, לָרֶשֶׁת, מִשְׁכָּנוֹת לֹּא-לוֹ. אָיֹם וְנוֹרָא, הוּא… (חבקוק א’:ו’-ז’) For I am establishing the Chaldeans, that bitter, hasty nation, who goes to the ends of the…
how to say “to knock” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לִדְפוֹק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! This active-simple פָּעַל verb means to knock – לִדְפוֹק (leed-FOHK). It appears in the Biblical book, שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים – The Song of Songs (sheer hah-shee-REEM), in the phrase, קוֹל דּוֹדִי דּוֹפֵק – the…