how to say “the Dome of the Rock” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דרישות-1.m4a” /]דְּרִישׁוֹת In Biblical Hebrew, לדרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דרישות-2.m4a” /] means to seek out, usually a person or a piece of evidence. In Mishnaic times, rabbis began to seek out meanings within texts – the process of מדרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דרישות-3.m4a” /] – Midrash (in Arabic, the parallel root درس – d.r.s – means study). In Modern Hebrew, לדרוש means primarily to demand – to seek…
להתחלק, לשתף To share a thing with one or more people – such as rent for an apartment – is (le-heet-hah-LEK). To share a feeling or an experience, however, is (le-shah-TEF). For example, רָחֵל שִׁתְּפָה אוֹתִי עַל הַטִּיּוּל שֶׁלָּהּ לְאֵירוֹפָּה (rah-HEL sheet-FAH oh-TEE ahl ha-tee-YOOL sheh-LAH le-ei-ROH-pah) – Rachel shared with me about her…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-1.m4a” /]דוֹאַר אִטִי, דוֹאַר שַׁבְּלוּל In English, snail and mail rhyme. Since Hebrew’s words for snail – שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-2.m4a” /] or חילזון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-3.m4a” /], and mail – דואר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-4.m4a” /], don’t rhyme, there isn’t such a catchy term for the type of mail that requires physical shipment and delivery. You may hear דואר שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-5.m4a” /] – literally, snail…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]אוֹצָר The word אוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] means both treasure and treasury (Israel’s Ministry of Finance is called משרד האוצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /] – literally, Ministry of the Treasury). It’s also a Hebrew name for both girls and boys, though not a common one. Here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אוצר-#.m4a” /]הילדה הזאת היא פשוט אוצר. This…
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