how to say “sophisticated” in Hebrew
חַיּוּת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word vitality, the force of life, comes from the same root as viva as in Viva, Las Vegas! – Live, Las Vegas! Likewise, the Hebrew word for vitality – חַיּוּת listen and repeat – comes from the root ח.י.ה (kh.y.h) meaning life. For…
There are those who think that Iran poses an existential threat to Israel. In Hebrew, we call this אִיוּם קִיּוּמִי (ee-YOOM kee-yoo-MEE). The truth is, it does. Modern-day Haman (Achmawhatshisname) may have the capacity to blast us out of the Middle East (and thus destroy the world). But the G-d of Israel has more to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-1.m4a” /]לְהַזְכִּיר לזכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-2.m4a” /] is a simple verb of the root ז.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-3.m4a” /] – to remember. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-4.m4a” /]את זוכרת אותי? Do you (a female) remember me? To cause someone to remember – to remind – is the active-causative verb להזכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזכיר-5.m4a” /]אני לא טוב בשמות, תזכירי לי…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /]שְׁכוּנָה, רֹבַע The Hebrew word for neighborhood is שכונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /], as in: הוא גר בשכונה הירושלמית מקור חיים.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] He lives in the Jerusalem neighborhood Mekor Haim (Source of Life). The root of שכונה is ש.כ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] meaning dwelling, the same as that of the word שכינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] –…