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how to say “objects” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger November 30, 2017October 18, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-1.m4a” /]חֲפָצִים The word for Hebrew word for object is חפץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-2.m4a” /], though that three-letter root originally meant desire, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-3.m4a” /]…כי חפץ בבת יעקב… (בראשית ל”ד, י”ט) …for he desired the daughter of Jacob… (Genesis 34:19) So the object of desire came to be known as a physical object or simply a thing. Thus…

how to say “snail mail” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 22, 2017October 18, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-1.m4a” /]דוֹאַר אִטִי, דוֹאַר שַׁבְּלוּל In English, snail and mail rhyme. Since Hebrew’s words for snail – שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-2.m4a” /] or חילזון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-3.m4a” /], and mail – דואר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-4.m4a” /], don’t rhyme, there isn’t such a catchy term for the type of mail that requires physical shipment and delivery. You may hear דואר שבלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דואר-איטי-5.m4a” /] – literally, snail…

how to say “remnant” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 27, 2020April 24, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]זֵכֶר While זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have in our brains or hard drives, זכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have of someone or something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]לא נשאר מהם זכר. Not a remnant was left of them. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]יהי זכרם ברוך. May their…

how to say “future” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 30, 2013October 29, 2018

having trouble seeing the print? עָתִיד Conversational-Hebrew classes in Jerusalem – Tel Aviv RBS – Rehovot – everywhere else In a smart branding move, Yair Lapid named his resoundingly popular political party יֵשׁ עָתִיד – Atid rhymes with Lapid, thus linking the idea of hope for a bright future with the winning man himself. The word עָתִיד ,…

how to say “to stay in place” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 20, 2022June 20, 2022

I like to be moving forward – מתקדם – in all areas of my life. If I’m not moving forward I’m עומד במקום – standing in place – or stagnating. Here’s a variation of לעמוד במקום – to stand in place – in a complete sentence: אם אני עומד במקום, סימן שאני תקוע. If I’m…

how to say “to hand over” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להסגיר-#.m4a” /]לְהַסְגִּיר Yesterday we saw the words להחביא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להסגיר-#.m4a” /] – to hide (something physical) and להסתיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להסגיר-#.m4a” /] – to hide (something non-physical, such as a fact). To take something out of hiding (to expose it), or to hand someone over (to extradite them), is להסגיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להסגיר-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb of the root ס.ג.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להסגיר-#.m4a”…

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