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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 do you say “supply and demand” in Hebrew?

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היצע וביקוש   If you know a bit of Hebrew, you’re probably familiar with the word for please – בְּבַקָּשָׁה (be-vah-kah-SHAH). When saying please, we’re actually saying, I’d like to have some of that! Likewise, the economic term for demand is בִּקּוּש (bee-KOOSH) – formed from the verb לְבַקֵּש (le-vah-KESH) – to ask for something/ to request.  …

how to say “primary feeling” in Hebrew

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  רֶגֶשׁ עִקָּרִי  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?     רֶגֶשׁ listen and repeat means emotion.   עִקָּרִי listen and repeat means prime, main or primary.   רֶגֶשׁ עִקָּרִי listen and repeat is primary emotion or primary feeling.   הָרֶגֶשׁ הָעִקָּרִי שֶׁלִּי עַכְשָׁו הוּא כַּעַס. My primary emotion now is anger.  listen    It’s starting to give way to sadness.

Weekly Hebrew Review – stuck with badgering, breakups, but also blessings

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

how to say “big fat lie” in Hebrew

how to say “big fat lie” in Hebrew

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]שֶׁקֶר וְכָזָב The basic Hebrew word for a lie is שקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /], while to lie is the פיעל verb לשקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/שקר-וכזב-#.m4a” /]אני נשבע לך, אני לא משקר! I (a male) swear to you (a female), I’m not lying! Now, שקר is the basic word. But the literary word for a…

how to say “boycott” in Hebrew

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חֵרֶם, לְהַחֲרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-1.wav” /] The English word boycott is named for a 19th-century Irishman, Charles C. Boycott, who was ostracized after refusing to lower rent for his tenant farmers (see Online Etymological Dictionary). The Hebrew word for this social (or antisocial) action goes further back, all the way to the Bible. The word is חֵרֶם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-2.wav”…