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כּוֹנָן קָשִׁיחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כונן-קשיח-1.mp3″ /] We’ve seen that while the generic Hebrew word for hard is קָשֶׁה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כונן-קשיח-2.mp3″ /], the word for tough, at least when describing a person, is קָשׁוּחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כונן-קשיח-3.mp3″ /], of the root ק.שׁ.ח. (k.sh.kh). That same root forms the word for stiff or rigid – also hard – when describing an object –…
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מוֹקֵד חֵרוּם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? מֶרְכָּז listen and repeat is the better-known word for center. Its root is ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration: a מרכז is a place where people or things gather inside of it, such as: מֶרְכַּז הָעִיר the city center listen and מֶרְכַּז רְפוּאִי medical center listen Its…
הִזְדַּהוּת רִגְשִׁית listen to this word pronounced This entry is for our students, Toshy and Lucas. As yours likely does as well, my heart goes out to the people of Japan. הזדהות Identity in Hebrew is זֵהוּת (zeh-HOOT). The root is ז.ה.ה (z.h.h), the concept of identity or identical. To identify with someone or something is…
