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how to say “to invest” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַשְׁקִיעַ Beginners Hebrew Course in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv In an age where short-term gratification comes so quickly and easily, we may forget that the verb to invest refers to more than just putting money into the stock market. To invest is to put anything into something else, with the hope of…
how to say “word of the day” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? מִלָּה יוֹמִית Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… Technically speaking, the word of the day is מִלַּת הַיּוֹם (mee-LAHT hah-YOHM), in Hebrew. It’s an instance of סְמִיכוּת (seh-mee-KHOOT) – grammatical juxtaposition, the kind of structure where in English you’d use the word of to connect two things: so מילת היום is literally, the…
daily video – how to say “noise” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...
how to say “exclamation point (!)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-קריאה-1.m4a” /]סִימַן קְרִיאָה The Hebrew term for exclamation point or exclamation mark is סימן קריאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-קריאה-1.m4a” /] – literally, mark of calling out. The term harks back to the original meaning of the simple verb לקרוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סימן-קריאה-2.m4a” /] – to call out. The word took on the meaning of to read when those few scholars who were literate would read texts out loud…
how to say “an urge” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? דַּחַף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The Hebrew word for to push is לִדְחוֹף . For example: הִיא דָּחְפָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ לְהֶשֵּׂגִים מַרְשִׁימִים. She pushed herself to impressive achievements. Modern Hebrew regards an urge (or impulse, compulsion, desire, etc) as an internal push – the word…