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גּוֹרָלִי The Hebrew word for fate or destiny is גורל. Thus גורלי means fateful when referring to something grammatically masculine, while גורלית refers to something feminine. For example: לעלות לארץ הייתה החלטה גורלית עם השפעות דרמטיות על חיי. To immigrate to Israel was a fateful decision with dramatic effect(s) on my life. I’ll tell you about them…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-1.m4a” /]מַעֲדָן The Hebrew word for delicacy – מעדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-1.m4a” /] – comes from the root ע.ד.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-2.m4a” /], the letters making up Eden as in גן עדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-3.m4a” /] – the Garden of Eden. Don’t confuse מעדן with מדען[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-4.m4a” /], which means scientist. The word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-5.m4a” /]היא שמה על השולחן…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-1.m4a” /]תַּחְלִיט! The Hebrew word for to decide is להחליט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-2.m4a” /]. It’s an active-causative verb of the biblical root ח.ל.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-3.m4a” /] meaning to make final. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-4.m4a” /]קשה לי להחליט איזה צבע לקחת… It’s hard for me to decide which color to take… To which someone losing patience might reply: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להחליט-1.m4a”…
