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How to say “a change” in Hebrew?
שינוי Aside from being the name of a short-lived left-of-center Israeli political party, the word שִׁנּוּי (shee-NOO-ee) means a change. Sometimes it takes a long time for a שינוי to appear. However, sometimes, שינוי takes place in an instant. Where in English you might say, it’s warm today, for a change, in…
how to say “port” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-1.m4a” /]נָמֵל While Israelis usually refer to an airport as שדה תעופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-2.m4a” /], this means literally airfield. The proper term for airport is נמל תעופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-3.m4a” /] – literally, port of flight. The word נמֵל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-1.m4a” /] (more commonly pronounced נמָל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-4.m4a” /]) means port. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נמל-5.m4a” /]נמל תל אביב הוא מקום הומה אדם. Tel Aviv…
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how to say “intellectual property” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-1.m4a” /]קִנְיָן רוּחָנִי Yesterday we saw the words רכוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-2.m4a” /] and נכס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-3.m4a” /] meaning property. Another word is קניין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-4.m4a” /] – more specifically, that which has been acquired. You may recognize its root in the active-simple verb לקנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קניין-רוחני-6.m4a” /] – to buy. Though in biblical times קניין was a common word for property, today…
how to say “just in case” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /]לְיֶתֶר בִּטָּחוֹן Earlier this week we saw the word ביטוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /] – insurance. Its root, ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /] meaning sure, is also the root of other words like בטיחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /] – safety and ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /] – security. Hebrew’s way of saying just in case is ליתר ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ליתר-ביטחון-#.m4a” /] – literally, for greater security. For…
how to say “trumpet” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]חֲצוֹצְרָה Ancient Israelites used two instruments to announce their presence: a שופר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – shofar or a horn, and a חצוצרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – a metallic instrument like the modern-day trumpet. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה. (הושע ה’, ח’) Sound the shofar on the hill, the trumpet on the plateau. (Hosea 5:8) Here’s an…