how to say “populated” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]שֵׁפֶל חָדָשׁ The plain or the lowlands is השפלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בשפלה. We live on the plain. The root of השפלה is ש.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] meaning low. It also provides us with the word for low – שפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] – in the dramatic sense: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]עם הכתבה הזאת, העיתון…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /]אֵזוֹר תַּעֲשִׂיָּה The Hebrew word for industry – תעשייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – comes from the root ע.ש.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] meaning doing, action. In Israel, perhaps the most notable תעשיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – industries – are תעשיית היין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – the wine industry and תעשיית ההייטק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – the high-tech industry. An area or zone is אזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /],…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-1.m4a” /]הַפְקָדָה The ancient Hebrew root פ.ק.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-2.m4a” /] means visit, attend or appoint. It shows up in Modern Hebrew in words such as פקיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-3.m4a” /] – clerk or someone appointed for a job and תפקיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הפקדה-4.m4a” /] – role or job. It also appears in the active-causative verb to deposit (to appoint someone or something such as a bank as a trustee of sorts)…
לְאַבֵּד, לְהַפְסִיד Can’t read Hebrew yet? In most cases, English is the one with more words for a single idea. Sometimes, however, Hebrew is. One example is to lose, where Hebrew has two words: לְאַבֵּד , an active-intensive verb, refers to losing a person or an object, where something…