how to say “the Dome of the Rock” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /]תּוֹרֵם וְנִתְרָם The Hebrew word for to donate is לתרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), while a donation is a תרומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a donor is a תורם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /] if he’s male or תורמת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /] if she’s female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/תורם-נתרם-#.m4a” /]תורמים גדולים מגיעים מחר לבקר בבית החולים. Big donors are coming…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-1.m4a” /]לִהְיוֹת Hebrew doesn’t have words for is, are and am – forms of to be – so that she is tall gets translated to היא גבוהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-2.m4a” /] – literally, she tall. To be itself, however, does have a Hebrew equivalent: להיות. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להיות-3.m4a” /]מחר אנחנו צריכים להיות שם בשעה עשר. Tomorrow we need to…
The links are now corrected in the online version of yesterday’s Dose of Hebrew, which you can find here. I apologize for the inconvenience. Keep learning and enjoying! אִבְחוּן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Biblical times, diagnosis was done not by medical professionals (these did not exist), but…
having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁוָאָה How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The other day I introduced the Hebrew word for equality, שִׁוְיוֹן (sheev-YOHN). Here’s another word that comes from that root (שׁ.ו.ה – sh.w.h): מִשְׁוָאָה (meesh-vah-AH), meaning equation. It’s the word used in Israeli math classes, financial formulas…