[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]הֲזָיָה When we see or hear things that are not really there, we’re either dreaming or hallucinating. While to dream in Hebrew is לחלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), to hallucinate is להזות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb). Likewise, hallucination is הזיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]האם זה היה חלום או הזיה? Was that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]לְהַצְבִּיעַ עַל To indicate or to point out, in Hebrew, is להצביע על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /] – literally, to point at. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]מחקר חדש מצביע על כך שאכילת אגוזים תורמת לבריאות המוח. A new study indicates (points out) that eating nuts contributes to brain health. see full conversation The root of this…
לחגוג You probably know the word חַג (hahg) – holiday, in the religious sense. To celebrate is לַחְגּוֹג (lah-GOHG). Here’s a video שחוגג sixty years of Israel’s independence (two years dated). In my mind, it celebrates the diversity of Jews in Israeli society, that, after thousands of years of separation and the widest…