how to say “to get a tan” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 9, 2022August 5, 2022

לְהִשְׁתַּזֵּף

The idea of tanning goes all the way back to biblical times:

אל תראוני שאני שחרחורת ששזפתני השמש.. (שיר השירים א’, ו’)

Don’t look upon me that I am blackened, that the sun has tanned me… (Song of Songs 1:6)

Someone tan is שזוף
if he’s male and שזופה
if she’s female. And to tan or to get tanned is the התפעל verb להשתזף
.

For example:

אני הולך לים בעיקר כדי להשתזף.

I go to the beach mainly to tan.

Okay, I also enjoy the atmosphere. And the sand. And the water. And the sunset.

Weekly Hebrew Review – hailing on your windshield, toweling off in the dressing room

ByAmi Steinberger January 19, 2018September 4, 2018

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

daily video – how to say “outbreak” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 9, 2021December 6, 2021

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “irreversible” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 9, 2011November 7, 2018

בִּלְתִּי הָפִיךְ How you can help a family of orphans THANK YOU to those who have already helped! The word בִּלְתִּי (beel-TEE) comes before another word to do what the prefixes “un-” and “in-” do in English. Some examples of such phrases that have already appeared on Ktzat Ivrit are בִּלְתִּי חֻקִּי (beel-TEE…

how to say “I’m asking of you” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 19, 2016October 21, 2018

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how to say “we’re out of…” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 9, 2016October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נגמרו-1.m4a” /]נִגְמְרוּ, אָזְלוּ It’s late at night and you’ve got a craving for cookies. You go to the local 24-hour store to buy a box of your favorite kind, but you look on the shelf and your cookies are nowhere to be found. Looking you apologetically in the eye, the guy at the checkout…

how to say “too much for me” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 2, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /]גָּדוֹל עָלַי, כָּבֵד עָלַי In Hebrew, when we want to express that something is too much for me to handle, we might say זה יותר מדי בשבילי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s too much for me, but we’re more likely to use one of two other expressions: גדול עלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, big…