how to say “retirement age” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 10, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-1.m4a” /]גִּיל הַפְּרִישָׁה

Hebrew has several terms for retirement – גמלאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גיל-הפרישה-2.m4a” /] of the root ג.מ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-3.m4a” /] meaning benefit, פנסיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-4.m4a” /] – pension, and פרישה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-5.m4a” /] – withdrawing.

The more common way of referring to the age of retirement, when people stop working (or stop working because they have to) and hopefully cash in on savings, is גיל הפרישה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-1.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גיל-הפרישה-6.m4a” /]היא לא מוכנה לגיל הפרישה.

She’s not ready for her (the) age of retirement.

how to say “supplier” or “provider” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 28, 2011November 7, 2018

סַפָּק, סַפָּקִית Hear these words pronounced If you have spent some time in Israel, you likely have come across one of the ways of saying “enough” – מַסְפִּיק (mahs-PEEK). The root of this word is ס.פ.ק (s.p.k). Someone who supplies a product or provides a service fulfills a need or want, so that the recipient can…

how to say “upload” and “download” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 14, 2022June 10, 2022

לְהַעֲלוֹת, לְהוֹרִיד As people who have made aliyah – immigrated to Israel – can tell you, to go up is the simple verb לעלות. For example: עלינו לארץ לפני חצי שנה. We made aliyah (“went up”) to Israel half a year ago. To raise (something) up – or to upload – is להעלות, a הפעיל verb….

how to say “to give someone a ride” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 27, 2021May 28, 2025

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְפִּיץ To jump, in Hebrew, is לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to bounce – or to cause something to jump – is להקפיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. But this הפעיל verb has additional meanings including to make someone angry (to cause their blood pressure to jump), and to give someone a ride (to bounce them from one place to another,…

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger May 15, 2020May 7, 2020

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

how to say “length” and “width” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 18, 2020October 15, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]אוֹרֶךְ וְרוֹחַב The Hebrew word for long is ארוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while wide is רחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]החדר הזה ארוך אבל לא מספיק רחב. This room is long but not wide enough. Length is אורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while width is רוחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]מה אורך החדר? מה רחבו?…

how to say “for all intents and purposes” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 31, 2022July 29, 2022

לְכָל דָּבָר וְעִנְיָין Growing up I would hear teachers in school use the expression “for all intensive purposes.” I knew what it meant but didn’t think about the words themselves. Only when I saw the expression in a book did the penny drop – it’s “for all intents and purposes.” Now it started making more…

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