how to say “to internalize” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-1.m4a” /]הִתְכַּוַּנְתִּי If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you may know the word כוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-2.m4a” /] – intent. The word is derived from the root כ.ו.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-3.m4a” /] – which is quite ubiquitous, appearing in words as diverse as כן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-4.m4a” /] – yes, נכון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-5.m4a” /] – correct, and להתכונן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/התכוונתי-6.m4a” /] – to get ready. Another application of…
לפקוח In English, we use the word open for virtually anything we’re opening. In Hebrew, there’s a special word for opening eyes. Whereas לִפְתּוֹח (leef-TOH-akh) is to open in the general sense – such as פָּתַחְתִּי אֶת הַבַּקְבּוּק (pah-TAKH-tee et hah-bahk-BOOK) – I opened the bottle; לִפְקוֹח (leef-KOH-akh) means to open eyes, as in פָּקַחְתִּי…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-של-שמים-וארץ-#.m4a” /]הֶבְדֵּל שֶׁל שָמַיִם וָאָרֶץ Hebrew borrows some expressions from other languages in order to keep with 2000 years of cultural development that it missed out on while virtually unspoken in the Diaspora. But many expressions go back to Mishnaic and even Biblical times. One such expression is הבדל של שמים וארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-של-שמים-וארץ-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ריבונות-#.m4a” /]רִבּוֹנוּת What does a rabbi have to do with sovereignty, a nation’s stake to a piece of land? Look at the words for both: ריבונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ריבונות-#.m4a” /] – sovereignty, and רב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ריבונות-#.m4a” /] – rabbi. The root of both is ר.ב.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ריבונות-#.m4a” /] meaning greatness. Here’s ריבונות in context: ירושלים המאוחדת עברה לריבונות ישראל ב-1967.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ריבונות-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]צִבְעוֹנִי If you’ve got some Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for color – צבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]מה הצבע האהוב עלייך, שרה? What’s your favorite color, Sarah? Colorful is צבעוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/צבעוני-#.m4a” /]איזה סגנון אתה מעדיף, דוד, צבעוני או חלק? Which style do…