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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-1.m4a” /]הֲכִי טוֹב, הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר, הַמֵּיטָב If you look closely at the three expressions above for the best, you’ll find the word טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-2.m4a” /] – good – in all of them, in some form. Each of these expressions is useful in different contexts: הכי טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-3.m4a” /] is an everyday expression, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/המיטב-4.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-1.m4a” /]לְפַצֵּחַ קוֹד If you’ve spent Shabbat with Israelis, you may know the word פיצוחים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-2.m4a” /]. This colloquial term refers to sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and other edibles that require the cracking – פיצוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-3.m4a” /] of a shell – a low-fat chewing activity that Israelis love, especially on the weekend. Likewise, לפצח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-4.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-1.m4a” /]צָרוֹת The Yiddish word tzuris – a word that refers to problems of the type caused by unfortunate financial circumstances or irreverent family members – derives from the Hebrew word צרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-2.m4a” /]התאומים הגיעו לגיל ההתבגרות, ואז התחילו הצרות. The twins reached adolescence, and then the problems began. צרות is…
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לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Exercise is particularly gratifying when we sweat, because this proves to ourselves that we’ve actually worked out. At least that’s my experience. The Hebrew word for to sweat is לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-causative verb of the root ז.י.ע (z.y.a). For example: …
