how to say “torture” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /]גּוֹרֵם Some decisions are easy to make. Others are harder: they have several factors one must consider. Each of these factors, in Hebrew, is called a גורם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /]. גורם means literally a cause (it’s a form of the simple פעל verb לגרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /] – to cause). What do causes have to do with factors? A factor allows or…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]יָפֶה לְךָ You can say to a man in Hebrew, זה נראה טוב עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] – literally, this looks good on you. To a woman, switch עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] with עלייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]. But that’s a direct translation from English. A more culturally-authentic Hebrew expression is יפה לךָ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] to a male…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/באופק-1.m4a” /]בָּאֹפֶק Sometimes life can get dull, when there doesn’t seem to be anything exciting happening soon that we’re aware of, that we can foresee – anything on the horizon. The Hebrew word for horizon, also a popular name in Israel for both boys and girls, is אופק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/באופק-2.m4a” /]. And on the horizon is באופק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/באופק-1.m4a” /]. For…