how to say “I’m asking of you” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-1.m4a” /]מַגֶּבֶת This is a useful word if you’re stuck in a sub-par hotel and realize there’s nothing with which to dry yourself after a shower. מגבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-1.m4a” /] comes from the root נ.ג.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-2.m4a” /] meaning to wipe. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מגבת-3.m4a” /]יש לך מגבת ספייר? Do you (a male) have an extra towel?…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]דַּף גְּמָרָא Talmud, the collection of Jewish legal wisdom and folklore, is a Hebrew word – תלמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ל.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /] meaning study. But there’s another word for Talmud which comes from Aramaic – גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /]. And a page or folio of גמרא is דף גמרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/דף-גמרא-#.m4a” /], as in:…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /]כִּלְיָה You may know the word for kidney from the Jewish High Holiday prayers: בוחן כליות ולב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-2.m4a” /] – (the One who) sees the inner workings (literally, kidneys) and the heart. כליות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-3.m4a” /] are kidneys, while a single kidney is a כליה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /]. In another context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94-4.m4a” /]היא צריכה…

  מִצַּד שֵׁנִי, לְעֻמַּת זֹאת  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     On the one hand, the snow is pretty. But on the other hand, it’s cold and I prefer warmth.   English uses the metaphor of hands to speak about the two sides of a dilemma. Hebrew uses sides:   מִצַּד אֶחָד –…