how to say “to set up” or “to establish” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַצֵּל The Hebrew word for to apologize is the התפעל verb להתנצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]. The word first appears in Biblical Hebrew in the context of removing jewelry in an act of shame and submission. This very physical act was down in the presence of someone else, so the word is followed with a form…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-1.m4a” /]פֶּשַׁע The Hebrew word for crime is פשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-1.m4a” /]. Likewise, organized crime is פשע מאורגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-מאורגן-1.m4a” /]. The term you’re more likely to hear in the Israeli media, though, is ארגוני פשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-3.m4a” /] – crime organizations such as the mafia. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-4.m4a” /]ישנה מלחמה מתמדת בין המשטרה לבין ארגוני הפשע. There’s a perpetual…