how to say “rehab” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַשֵּׁף The basic Hebrew word for to breathe is the simple verb לנשום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a breath is נשימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /]עכשיו כולם, קחו נשימה עמוקה. Now everyone, take a deep breath. The root of these words is נ.ש.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /], the same root as that of נשמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להתנשף-#.m4a” /] – soul…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /]מִקּוּם You may have done a double-take on the word above – it’s the same letters as מקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /] – place, but the vowels are different. Here it is spelled out without vowels: מיקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מיקום-#.m4a” /]. Now you can see clearly that it’s a different word. מיקום means location. It’s related to the word…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a” /]פָּנִים, פַּרְצוּף You may know the Yiddish expression א שיינע פנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a” /] – a pretty face, with פנים pronounced POH-nim. Modern Hebrew renders the word pah-NEEM, and this is likely closer to how the Israelites of the Bible pronounced the word. It means face and can be masculine or feminine but always plural as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְפֹצָץ With their penchant for making light of difficult and chronic things like war and terror, Israelis translate I’m stuffed as אני מפוצץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-1.m4a” /] if it’s a male speaking and אני מפוצצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-2.m4a” /] if it’s a female – literally, I’m exploded. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפוצץ-3.m4a” /]קינוח? לא, תודה, אני מפוצץ! Dessert? No,…