[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /]מְקוֹמוֹת בִּלּוּי The Hebrew word בילוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /] means literally spending time, but it also means having a good time. It comes from the פיעל verb לבלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /]בילינו את הערב במסעדה טובה. We spent the evening at a good restaurant. A place of entertainment is מקום בילוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a”…

how to say “to reside” or “to dwell” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 4, 2011November 7, 2018

לִשְׁכּוֹן Hear this word pronounced This is one is for Mr. and Mrs. Worms. If you’ve got some Hebrew, you likely know how to say “He lives in… (Israel, Los Angeles, Argentina, etc…)” – הוּא גָּר בְּ… (hoo gahr beh…). The word לָגוּר (lah-GOOR) means to reside, in colloquial Hebrew. There is also a more…

how to say “to spread a rumor” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 20, 2015August 5, 2024

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להפיץ-שמועה-1.m4a” /]לְהָפִיץ שְׁמוּעָה A rumor is something that spreads by word of mouth, so that it makes sense that the Hebrew word for rumor – שמועה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להפיץ-שמועה-2.m4a” /] – derives from the root ש.מ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להפיץ-שמועה-3.m4a” /] meaning hearing. To spread a rumor is להפיץ שמועה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להפיץ-שמועה-1.m4a” /]. The word להפיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להפיץ-שמועה-4.m4a” /], an active-causative verb of…

how to say “to bring in” or “to insert” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 30, 2011November 7, 2018

לְהַכְנִיס listen to this word pronounced Tonight in downtown Jerusalem two vans blocked the road with a hundred or so people dancing and singing around them. The vans were blasting music and were decorated thus: What was all the commotion about? Hidden behind the dancing men in the picture above is…

how to say “disability” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 18, 2011November 5, 2018

מֻגְבָּלוּת If you’ve read some of the Hebrew Bible or have followed the peace process listening to Israeli news, you’ve probably come across the word for border – גְּבוּל (ge-VOOL). A border is something that separates two things, or limits them one from the other. To limit something is לְהַגְבִּיל (le-hahg-BEEL). It’s a causative הפעיל…

how do you say “the Spanish Inquisition” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger July 31, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-1.m4a” /]גֵּרוּשׁ סְפָרַד The Modern-Hebrew word for Spain is ספרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-2.m4a” /], though the name in Biblical Hebrew refers to a land far away from Israel, most likely in present-day western Turkey (Wikipedia). In Mishnaic times the land that is today Spain was called אספמיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-3.m4a” /], probably a Phoenician version of the Hebrew אי…

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