how to say “to pass the age” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-1.m4a” /]אוֹקְיָנוּס The largest body of water that the first readers of the Hebrew Bible knew was the Mediterranean. They called it הים הגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוקיינוס-2.m4a” /] – the Great Sea. Thus there’s no word in Biblical Hebrew – or Modern Hebrew, for that matter – for ocean. Instead, we use the same word that English borrowed from Ancient…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]זְהִירוּת! Hebrew’s SOS, unisex word for be careful! is !זהירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]זהירות! לא להיכנס לשם! Be careful! Don’t go in there! The other way of saying be careful is to use a form of the נפעל verb להיזהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /] – to be careful. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]תיזהר, דוד, יש…

מְבֹרָךְ, בָּרוּךְ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברוך-1.mp3″ /] To bless someone or something is לברך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברוך-2.mp3″ /], an active-intensive verb. Thus one who is blessed – the recipient of the blessing is the corresponding passive מבורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברוך-3.mp3″ /] if he’s a male or מבורכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברוך-4.mp3″ /] if she’s an female. This applies to non-human and non-living nouns as well: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ברוך-5.mp3″ /]שתהיה…



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