how to say “stable” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-1.m4a” /]עִבְרִית טְהוֹרָה The Academy of the Hebrew Language makes an effort to introduce pure Hebrew words for otherwise foreign words that Hebrew speakers tend to use. Here’s a complete list. Some of these have caught on: analysis (אנליזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-2.m4a” /]) became ניתוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-3.m4a” /], arena (ארנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-4.m4a” /]) became זירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-5.m4a” /], and absolute (אבסולוטי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עברית-טהורה-6.m4a” /]) became מוחלט[audioclip…

מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /] I’m excited for Jurassic World, a sequel to Jurassic Park ten years in the making. Some describe dinosaurs – in Hebrew, דִּינוֹזָאוּרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-2.mp3″ /] – as monsters. The Hebrew word for monster is מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /], a word that appears once in Biblical Hebrew (מְלָכִים א’, פֶּרֶק ט”ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-3.mp3″ /] – I Kings,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /]חֲבִיתָה We’ve seen a couple of forms that a cooked egg might end up on your plate, and what to call them in Hebrew. But how about an omelet? That’s a חביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /], deriving from the word for frying pan – מחבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-2.m4a” /]. Here’s חביתה in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-3.m4a” /]היא מעדיפה חביתה על פני…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-1.m4a” /]מַעֲגַל הַחַיִּים Take a moment to transport yourself, in your mind, to the Lion King’s Africa, and listen to The Circle of Life (I’ve linked to the Hebrew version – you can search for the English one yourself). You may notice that in the song, the expression for the circle of life is גלגל החיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעגל-החיים-2.m4a”…