how to say “starting point” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 24, 2022July 19, 2022

נְקוּדַּת מוֹצָא

The Hebrew word מוצא

means origin, as in:

אני ממוצא אירפואי – לפחות בדורות האחרונים.

I’m of European origin (descent) – at least in recent generations.

Since the word for point is נקודה
, point of origin – or starting point – is נקודת מוצא
.

For example:

ניפגש בנקודת המוצא שסוכם, ומשם נצא לדרך.

We’ll meet at the agreed starting point, and from there we’ll set off.

מוצא comes from the root י.צ.א
meaning going out, so that נקודת מוצא is the point from which one goes out. Another expression for starting point is נקודת התחלה
.

What about an end-point? Watch today’s video to find out.

how to say “five individuals” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 10, 2017October 21, 2018

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How to say “to drain” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 1, 2018October 18, 2018

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how to say “I got burned” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 24, 2022March 26, 2025

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /]נִכְוֵויתִי, נִשְׂרַפְתִּי While the נפעל verb להישרף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /] means to get burned in the sense of being consumed by flames, להיכוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /] – also a נפעל verb – means to get burned by something very hot other than fire, such as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נכוויתי-#.m4a” /]נגעתי בטעות ברדיאטור ונכוויתי. I touched the radiator by…

how to say “withdrawal” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 3, 2014October 24, 2018

נְסִיגָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word withdrawal has multiple meanings in English, each with its own word in Hebrew. The one in the news these days refers to the military’s withdrawal from the place it’s invaded. That word is נְסִיגָה , of the active-simple verb לָסֶגֶת – to withdraw. The word…

how to say “a living soul” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 5, 2021September 30, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-חיה-#.m4a” /]נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה The English expression a living soul is a literal translation of the Hebrew – נפש חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-חיה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-חיה-#.m4a” /]בשעה כזאת של הלילה אין נפש חיה ברחוב. At this time of night there isn’t a living soul in the street. Broken down: נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-חיה-#.m4a” /] – soul חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-חיה-#.m4a”…

daily video – how to say “to make demands” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 1, 2021January 31, 2021

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...