שְׁלוּחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /] One of the key terms in a phone directory is extension – in Hebrew, שלוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-2.mp3″ /]נא המתינו להעברת השיחה לשלוחה. Please wait for the call to be transferred to the extension. (the standard recording you might have heard has a female voice) The word שלוחה comes from…
קִשּׁוּט Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to decorate first appears in the Mishnah, where it refers to people adorning themselves, using the reflexive verb לְהִתְקַשֵּׁט . Since then, the word has taken on the meaning of decorating objects as well, employing the active-intensive verb, לְקַשֵּׁט . The word…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-1.m4a” /]לְבַטֵּא, לַהֲגוֹת Hebrew has two words for to pronouce. לבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-2.m4a” /], a פיעל verb, means literally to give expression and is sometimes also used to mean to pronounce, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-3.m4a” /]איך מבטאים את המילה הזאת? How do you pronounce this word? The other word, the פעל verb להגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-4.m4a” /], means literally to utter (also to think)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אליפות-1.m4a” /]אַלִּיפוּת The Hebrew letter א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אליפות-2.m4a” /] (Aleph) is the first the alphabet. Likewise, the first in the chain of command, a general – or the winner of a tournament, a champion – is an אלוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אליפות-3.m4a” /] if he’s a male and an אלופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אליפות-4.m4a” /] if she’s a female. The terms are also used colloquially to…
בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? The feeling of confidence comes from a feeling of security with oneself. Thus Modern Hebrew chose to coin the term self confidence as בִּטָּחוֹן עַצְמִי – self security. Likewise, a person who is confident is literally someone who has self confidence. For example: יֵשׁ לָהּ…