לְהִתְחַרְפֵן Here’s a useful slang word. לְהִתְחַרְפֵן (le-heet-khahr-FEN) means to freak out. For example, כְּשֶׁהִיא הִגִּיעָה לַמְּסִבָּה, הוּא הִתְחַרְפֵן (keh-sheh-hee hee-GHEE-ah lah-meh-see-BAH, hoo heet-khahr-FEN) – When she arrived at the party, he freaked out. According to וִיקִימִלּוֹן (vee-kee-mee-LOHN) – Wiktionary in Hebrew, this word comes from the Arabic root خ.ر.ف (kh.r.f), meaning confused or senile. להתחרפן falls into the התפעל…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-1.m4a” /]לָרֶדֶת עַד סוֹף דַּעְתּוֹ This week we’ve seen several expressions with לרדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-2.m4a” /] – to get off: לרדת מהאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-3.m4a” /] – to get off the bus לרדת מנושא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-4.m4a” /] – to drop a subject/topic לרדת מהעץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לרדת-עד-סוף-דעתו-5.m4a” /] – to get off one’s high horse (literally, to get off the tree) One more expression with…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]שְׁאֵלָה While to ask is the simple verb לשאול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], a question is שאלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /]יש לי שאלה אליכם. I have a question for (to) you guys. If you’ve watched the Israeli drama Shtisel, you’ve probably heard the expression מה השאלה בכלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שאלה-#.m4a” /] – what’s (even) the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /]לַעֲלוֹת עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ This expression לעלות על דרך המלך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /] means literally to get on the king’s road – in Hebrew it refers to getting on the high road – a good, solid path after having experienced trials and tribulations. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/דרך-המלך-#.m4a” /]עוד פוש קטן בלימודים, ואת כבר תעלי על…
בן אדם The full term for human being in Hebrew is בֶּן אָדָם (ben ah-DAHM) – literally, son of Adam. The term refers to males and females alike, such that you might correctly say הִיא בֶּן אָדָם טוֹב (hee ben ah-DAHM tohv) – she is a good person. Oftentimes, בן אדם gets shortened to simply…