how to say “worldwide” in Hebrew
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Here’s how to say global kindness in Hebrew: חֶסֶד עוֹלָמִי
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-1.m4a” /]צָרוֹת שֶׁל עֲשִׁירִים Some people’s problems – צרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-2.m4a” /] – revolve around not having enough money. Other people have problems because they don’t know what to do with all their money. In Hebrew, these are צרות של עשירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-3.m4a” /] – rich-people problems. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-4.m4a” /]לאן לטוס לחופשה – צרות של…
הוֹרָאוֹת Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word תּוֹרָה comes from the root י.ר.ה (y.r.h) meaning instruction, so that the Torah could also be called the Book of Instruction. Here’s a video about this. This same root gives rise to the common word for instruction, הוֹרָאָה , which derives from the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפני-שבועיים-#.m4a” /]לִפְנֵי שְׁבוּעַיִם Words like on, in, of and from – prepositions – can be quite a pain to translate, especially between languages as different as English and Hebrew. Take, for example, the word on. In Hebrew, this could be על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפני-שבועיים-#.m4a” /] – physically on something, but it could also be -ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/לפני-שבועיים-#.m4a” /] – such…
מִשְׁאָלָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The simple word for a request is בַּקָּשָׁה , so that the common Hebrew term for please – literally, with request – is בְּבַקָּשָׁה . But a wish is more than a simple request, as it expresses hopes and dreams. The Hebrew word for a wish is מִשְׁאָלָה , of the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב בָּעוֹלָם, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר בָּעוֹלָם There are two ways of saying the best in Hebrew: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-2.m4a” /] is the common way. טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-3.m4a” /] changes form depending on what is spoken of as the best. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/יום-עברית-3.m4a” /]אלה הנעליים הכי טובות. These are the best shoes. הטוב ביותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בעולם-5.m4a” /] is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מסרון-#.m4a” /]מִסְרוֹן, סֵמֶס Most Israelis use סמס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מסרון-#.m4a” /] – SMS – for text message, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מסרון-#.m4a” /]שלח לי סמס, רון. Send me a text message, Ron. But there is also a proper Hebrew word that you’ll hear on the radio, as well as from some Israelis in conversation: מסרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מסרון-#.m4a” /]. For example:…