how to say “to borrow” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/בכוונה-#.m4a” /]בְּכַוָּנָה You may know the word כוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/בכוונה-#.m4a” /] – intention or purpose – from Jewish prayer. With the letter ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/בכוונה-#.m4a” /] in front of it, the word becomes on purpose or intentionally, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/בכוונה-#.m4a” /]סליחה, לא עשיתי את זה בכוונה! Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose! כוונה comes from the root כ.ו.נ[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-1.m4a” /]כֶּסֶף כִּיס One of the first words you’d learn in any basic Hebrew course is כסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-2.m4a” /] – money. Another word that’s useful but far less ubiquitous is כיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-3.m4a” /] – pocket. For example, a security guard at the airport might instruct you (a male): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-4.m4a” /]תרוקן את הכיסים. Empty your (the) pockets….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקריא-1.m4a” /]לְהַקְרִיא As mentioned earlier this week, the Hebrew word לקרוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להקריא-2.m4a” /] first meant to call out, but took on the additional meaning of to read when the literate few would read texts out loud to the illiterate masses. Thus in Biblical Hebrew, there is no distinction between reading and reading out loud. In the Modern era, when literacy is at an…