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how to say “teaching” in Hebrew
In Level 2 of Ulpan La-Inyan, students enter the busy lives of Moni and Eti, a couple with a son named Rafi, who requires them to attend parent-teacher conferences more often than they’d like. You may very well know the Hebrew words for teacher – מוֹרֶה (moh-REH) for a male and מוֹרָה (moh-RAH) for a female. The…
how to say “to take out a terrorist” in Hebrew
לְחַסֵּל Check out our summer Hebrew classes for adults and teens! This week the arch terrorist Osama Bin Laden was… taken out. The (non-slang) way of saying that in Hebrew is הוּא חֻסַּל (hoo khoo-SAHL). חוּסל (khoo-SAHL) is a “passive-intensive” פועל (poo-AHL) verb – he was taken out. To say, they took him out,…
how to say “written in a foreign language” in Hebrew
לוֹעֲזִית Yesterday I introduced the Hebrew term for foreign language – שָׂפָה זָרָה (sah-FAH zah-RAH). Today I’m going to introduce a caveat to that entry. When describing something written in a foreign language, Israelis are less likely to say זֶה כָּתוּב בְּשָׂפָה זָרָה – it’s written in a foreign…
how to say “to go to the beach” in Hebrew
לָלֶכֶת לַיָּם If you know a bit of Hebrew, these words probably aren’t new to you. So consider this a lesson in idiom. In English we talk about going to the beach. If that were translated literally to Hebrew, it would be לָלֶכֶת לַחוֹף (lah-LEH-khet lah-KHOHF). But often expressions are not…
how to say “the rule of law” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שלטון-החוק-#.m4a” /]שִׁלְטוֹן הַחוֹק The Hebrew word for law – חוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שלטון-החוק-#.m4a” /] – is almost as old as words go. And it’s one of the most venerated: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שלטון-החוק-#.m4a” /]חוק זה חוק. Law is law. What about the rule of law? That’s שלטון החוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שלטון-החוק-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שלטון-החוק-#.m4a” /]בדור הקודם היה יותר כבוד לשלטון…
how to say “espionage” in Hebrew
רִגּוּל Ilan Grapel, a dual US-Israeli citizen interning in Cairo, is being accused of spying for Israel. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4081731,00.html It’s an international scandal – שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה בֵּינְלְאֻמִּית (shah-ah-roo-ree-YAH BEH-een-leh-oo-MEET). Strangely, à propos this week’s Torah portion, the word for espionage in Hebrew is רִגּוּל (ree-GOOL). A spy is a מְרַגֵּל (meh-rah-GHEL) or, if she’s a female, a…