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how to say “to limp” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לִצְלוֹעַ Our Hebrew class starts Sunday! 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! In the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over, יַעֲקֹב (yah-ah-KOHV) – Jacob – takes his family across מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק (mah-ah-VAHR yah-BOHK) – the Yabok pass – back into the land of his forefathers….
how to say “intellectual property” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-1.m4a” /]קִנְיָן רוּחָנִי Yesterday we saw the words רכוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-2.m4a” /] and נכס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-3.m4a” /] meaning property. Another word is קניין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-4.m4a” /] – more specifically, that which has been acquired. You may recognize its root in the active-simple verb לקנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-6.m4a” /] – to buy. Though in biblical times קניין was a common word for property, today…
how to say “jet lag” in Hebrew
יַעֶפֶת (גֶ’ט-לֶג) Check out our summer classes – for adults and teens! Most Israelis call it, simply, גֶ’ט-לֶג (jet lag). But those who work at the Academy of the Hebrew Language would call it by its official Hebrew name, יַעֶפֶת (yah-EH-fet). I haven’t looked into it thoroughly, but I think the Hebrew word…
how to say “rest” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/מנוחה-#.m4a” /]מְנוּחָה You may know the Hebrew word for to rest – לנוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/מנוחה-#.m4a” /], a simple hollow verb of the root נ.ו.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/מנוחה-#.m4a” /]. You may also know rest the noun, מנוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/מנוחה-#.m4a” /], from Shabbat songs and prayers. Here’s the word in a sentence: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/מנוחה-#.m4a” /]בישראל כל עובד זכאי ליום מנוחה שבועי….
how to say “put on your shoes” in Hebrew
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How to say “quiet” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-1.m4a” /]שֶׁקֶט, שָׁקֵט If you went to Jewish school in the States, you may know the patient exhortation of Hebrew teachers, in sing-song form: שקט, בבקשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-2.m4a” /] – quiet, please! Or from the less patient teachers (or the more demanding students), simply: !שקט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-3.m4a” /] – quiet! In any case, שקט means quiet…

