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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מִסְגֶּרֶת Here’s a Hebrew word with a meaning that has no real equal in English: מסגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]. On a literal level, מסגרת means frame, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]המסגרת הזאת לא מתאימה לתמונה. This frame doesn’t fit the picture. On a metaphorical level, מסגרת can mean framework or context, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מטיילים הרבה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]זָקָן צָרְפָתִי In yesterday’s dose we saw that the Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]. The style that in English is named after a barnyard animal – a goatee – in Hebrew is זקן צרפתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /] – literally, a French beard. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]גילחתי את רוב הזקן ונשאר זקן צרפתי. I…
יַחֲסֵי צִבּוּר My piece tonight at AACI (that I did last night in Raanana) on “The Hebrew you always wanted to know… but were too afraid to ask” is entertaining and educational. It’s also a PR – public relations – event for Ulpan La-Inyan. Here’s some PR – Visit and like us on Facebook! PR in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גן-עדן-#.m4a” /]גַּן עֵדֶן While שמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גן-עדן-#.m4a” /] also refers to the heavens (not just to the sky, which the word means literally), the term of choice for heavenin Modern Hebrew goes back to the Book of Genesis: גן עדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גן-עדן-#.m4a” /] – the Garden of Eden. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גן-עדן-#.m4a” /]יש פה ריח של גן…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-1.m4a” /]מִכְסֶה, כִּסּוּי No, this is not about a cover song – that’s קאוור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-2.m4a” /] (also called by the rare academician, גרסת כיסוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-3.m4a” /]). This post is about the cover of a pot or a car – otherwise known as a lid or a hood. The word for these is מכסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מכסה-5.m4a”…