how to say “to sweat” in Hebrew
מזג אוויר Sometimes the weather seems to have a mind of its own – like in Jerusalem today, where it was well over 80 degrees Fahrenheit midday, but about 55 now… Crazy. It’s almost as if the weather has a temperament. Perhaps that’s why it’s called מֶזֶג אָוִיר (MEH-zeg ah-VEER) in Hebrew…
לסעוד If you know a bit of Hebrew, you probably know the word for restaurant – מִסְעָדָה (mees-ah-DAH). The root of that word is ס.ע.ד (s.a.d.), whose core meaning is satiation. The common word for to eat is לֶאֱכוֹל (le-eh-KHOL), but just like English has a finer word, to dine, Hebrew has לִסְעוֹד…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קבלן-1.m4a” /]קַבְּלָן A person who builds houses – or fixes computers, freelance-writes articles or teaches independently, for that matter – is a contractor. The Hebrew word for such a person is קבלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קבלן-1.m4a” /] when he’s a male and קבלנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קבלן-2.m4a” /] when she’s a female. They are called such because they receive money: לקבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קבלן-3.m4a” /] means to receive….
The Hebrew word for year is שנה, which ends in the letter ה. Since the letter ה turns into a ת when a word ending with it gets expanded, the word for yearly or annual is שנתי. For example: השבוע הכיתה שלי יוצאת לטיול שנתי בצפון. This week my grade is going on a yearly trip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/המקורות-#.m4a” /]הַמְּקוֹרוֹת The Hebrew word for source is מקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/המקורות-#.m4a” /], while more than one source are מקורות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/המקורות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/המקורות-#.m4a” /]יש פה מקור מים. There’s a water source here. When Israelis talk about studying their Jewish heritage, the texts of the Bible and the Rabbis, they speak about המקורות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/המקורות-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]הִתְחַשְּׁבוּת The Hebrew word for thought is מחשבה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]רואים שהיא השקיעה המון מחשבה בהודעה שהיא כתבה. You can see she put in a lot of thought into the message she wrote. What about thoughtfulness or consideration? That’s התחשבות[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /], a word that often…