how to say “warmth” in Hebrew
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Wishing you all a שבת שלום וסוף שבוע חָמִים… ושנה טובה Shabbat Shalom, a warm weekend (sohf shah-VOO-ah khah-MEEM)… and happy new year,
Ami
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having trouble seeing the print? לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! “It’s cold outside. I think it’ll snow.” “It’s not that cold…” In Hebrew, the latter expression would be: לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ קָר… The former expression, where the speaker is a male, would be: קָר בַּחוּץ….
להפנים With some basic Hebrew you’d know how to say inside, as in I’d rather sit inside – בִּפְנִים (beef-NEEM). Here’s how to say to internalize: (le-hahf-NEEM). For example, הִפְנַמְנוּ אֶת הַמֶּסֶר (heef-NAHM-noo et hah-MEH-sehr) – we’ve internalized the message. Today’s “three-weeks” call to action This Shabbat, I’m going to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /]בִּטּוּחַ If you live in Israel, you’re bound to have encountered ביטוח לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] – National Insurance (full name is המוסד לביטוח לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] – the National Insurance Institute), the government agency that provides free health care and lots of other social services. ביטוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /] means insurance. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ביטוח-#.m4a” /]בישראל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/יום-הבחירות-#.m4a” /]יוֹם הַבְּחִירוֹת Much to the delight of employees throughout Israel, Election Day this week means not only the opportunity to exercise their right to vote, but also an official vacation day. The Hebrew term for Election Day is יום הבחירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/יום-הבחירות-#.m4a” /] – literally, day of the elections. For example, you might be wondering: [audioclip…
תַּרְגִּישׁ חָפְשִׁי Can’t read Hebrew yet? Suppose you work in a large company, and the copy machine is in your office. A male coworker might politely say to you: אֶפְשָׁר לְצַלֵּם כַּמָּה מִסְמָכִים? May I copy (photograph) a few documents? To which you might respond: תַּרְגִּישׁ חָפְשִׁי….