how to say “winemaker” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עינוי-#.m4a” /]עִינּוּי The Hebrew פיעל verb לְעַנּוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עינוי-#.m4a” /] means to torture, while torture itself is עינוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עינוי-#.m4a” /]. For example, someone with bad tooth genes might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עינוי-#.m4a” /]לשבת אצל רופא השיניים זה עינוי! Sitting at the dentists’ is torture! The root of עינוי and לְעַנּות is ע.נ.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עינוי-#.m4a” /], which appears to be…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מִסְגֶּרֶת Here’s a Hebrew word with a meaning that has no real equal in English: מסגרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]. On a literal level, מסגרת means frame, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]המסגרת הזאת לא מתאימה לתמונה. This frame doesn’t fit the picture. On a metaphorical level, מסגרת can mean framework or context, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מסגרת-#.m4a” /]מטיילים הרבה…
having trouble seeing the print? שִׁמּוּשִׁי Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! If you’re conversant in Hebrew, you most likely know the Hebrew word for to use something – לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּש (leh-heesh-tah-MESH), as in הִיא מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת בָּעֵט עַכְשָׁו (hee meesh-tah-MEH-shet bah-ET ahkh-SHAHV) – she is using the pen now. The root is ש.מ.ש…
שָׂפָה גַּסָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפה-גסה-1.mp3″ /] If your mother threatened to wash your mouth out with soap, you know you’ve spoken foul language. In Hebrew, that’s שפה גסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפה-גסה-1.mp3″ /] – literally, coarse language. Likewise, a foul or bad word is a מילה גסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפה-גסה-2.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שפה-גסה-3.mp3″ /]אני לא באמת יודע פרסית, רק את המילים הגסות. I don’t really…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת In Hebrew, an acronym (letters that stand for words, such as CIA) is ראשי תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] – literally, heads of words, where תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] is a Mishnaic word for words. Hebrew is full of ראשי תיבות, which can be frustrating: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]ראשי תיבות לפעמים מרגישים כמו שפה בפני עצמה. Acronyms sometimes…