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how to say “date honey” in Hebrew
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how to say “positive psychology” in Hebrew
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how to say “wasp” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-1.m4a” /]צִרְעָה The Hebrew word for a bee is דבורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-2.m4a” /]. But the larger, perhaps more intimidating species is צרעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-1.m4a” /] – wasp or hornet (which is also called a דבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-3.m4a” /]). Though in Biblical Hebrew this insect appears in the generic plural form הצרעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-4.m4a” /], Modern Hebrew uses the plural form צרעות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צרעה-5.m4a”…
how to say “to put (someone) to bed” in Hebrew
לְהַשְׁכִּיב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? לִשְׁכַּב listen and repeat means to lie down. For example: בְּשַׁבָּת אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַיִם, אַבָּא שׁוֹכֵב עַל הַסַּפָּה. On Shabbat afternoon, Dad lies down on the sofa. listen לשכב is an intransitive form (more or lesss) of an active-simple verb, whose root is שׁ.כ.ב (sh.k.b). In order…
how to say “an attack” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-1.m4a” /]תְּקִיפָה, הַתְקָפָה, מִתְקָפָה (מַתְקֵפָה) Hebrew has two words for an attack, התקפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-2.m4a” /] and תקיפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-3.m4a” /], both of the root ת.ק.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-4.m4a” /]. תקיפה, deriving from the simple verb לתקוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-5.m4a” /], refers to a one-time attack, or an assault. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תקיפה-6.m4a” /]תקיפה מינית היא בעיה רווחת גם בעולם המודרני….
how to say “to show” in Hebrew
לְהַרְאוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Seeing is one of the simplest concepts to describe in language. Hebrew expresses it using a verb of the “simple” verb form: לִרְאוֹת , of the root ר.א.ה (r.a.h). To express causing someone to see something – showing it to them – Hebrew employs the causative verb form, yielding…