how to say “the light at the end of the tunnel” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /]שׁוֹרָשִׁים If you’ve been following Your Daily Dose of Hebrew for a while, you’ve seen me refer to Hebrew roots many a time. But what’s the word in Hebrew? שורש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] is a root, and שורשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] are roots – and not only of words, but of plants, as well as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]לְהִסְתּוֹבֵב As we saw yesterday, לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /] means to travel leisurely. And indeed: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]אפשר לטייל בשכונה. One can travel leisurely/walk around the neighborhood. But a more common word for walking around is להסתובב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /] – literally, to turn around. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/להסתובב-#.m4a” /]שרה, בואי נסתובב קצת כאן בטיילת. Sarah, let’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אַלְפַּיִים The Hebrew word for one thousand is אלף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אלף תודות על המתנה הנפלאה! A thousand thanks for the wonderful gift! Likewise, three thousand is שלושת אלפים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], using the masculine-plural ים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /] ending. But what about two thousand? That’s אלפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], which uses the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-1.m4a” /]מַשְׁמָעוּתִי The Hebrew word משמעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-2.m4a” /] – significance – comes from the word משמע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-3.m4a” /], which means meaning. משמע itself comes from the root ש.מ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמעותי-4.m4a” /] meaning hearing: an idea becomes meaningful when we first hear it (or see it in print, now that most Westerners can read) – only then can we internalize it. For example,…