how to say “to draw money” in Hebrew
מַבְרִיק The Hebrew word for lightning – or a sparkle of light – is בָּרָק (bah-RAHK). It’s also the name of a hero in סֵפֶר שׁוֹפְטִים (SEH-fehr shoh-feh-TEEM) – the Book of Judges – as well as the current American president. Something shining in such a way as to describe it as brilliant is called, in Hebrew, מַבְרִיק (mahv-REEK) – an adjective deriving from the active-causative הפעיל form. A couple…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ככה-אומרים-1.m4a” /]כָּכָה אוֹמְרִים He gets complimented, “wow, you’re a really good swimmer.” To which he replies with a smug smile, “that’s what they say.” The latter expression, in Hebrew, is ככה אומרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ככה-אומרים-1.m4a” /]. It means literally, this way (they) say. I put they in parentheses since it’s implied, not spoken explicitly. Here’s the dialogue above,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /]עִסְקָה If a business is an עסק [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-2.m4a” /] and business in the general sense is עסקים [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-3.m4a” /] – literally, businesses, then a business deal is an עסקה [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /] For example: היינו כל כך קרובים לסגור את העסקה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-4.m4a” /] We were so close to closing the deal. In…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְחַבֵּק To hug someone is לחבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]אבא חיבק אותו חזק חזק. Dad hugged him very tight. To hug each other – to embrace one another – is להתחבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /], a התפעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להתחבק-#.m4a” /]חבר’ה, במקום לריב, בואו נתחבק וזהו. Guys, instead…
כַּמּוּת Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Ancient Hebrew dialects did not have have a word for quantity. So what did Modern Hebrew do to supply one? It took the word for how much – כַּמָּה – and appended the abstract-noun-making וּת- ending to it, and yielded the word כַּמּוּת . For example:…