how to say “to draw money” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /]צָעִיף I wore a scarf for the first time in my late twenties, living in Jerusalem: having grown up in LA, there was no need for it. The Hebrew word for scarf is צעיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/צעיף-#.m4a” /]היא לובשת צעיף ומעיל גשם. She’s wearing a scarf and a rain coat. צעיף…

בִּפְנִים, בְּתוֹךְ When I go to a cafe with table service in Israel, they ask me where I’d like to sit – בפנים או בחוץ? outside or inside? (unless it’s raining, I say בחוץ). בפנים means inside when it stands alone, as in: כולם בפנים. Everyone is inside. But בתוך means inside something – or…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /]רוּחַ גַּבִּית Sometimes an airplane arrives at its destination early thanks to a tailwind – wind that propels it forward. Hebrew refers to such wind as רוח גבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /] – backwind, which can be either physical wind good for commercial flights, or an injection of inspiration. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /]האוהדים נתנו לי רוח גבית…