[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-1.m4a” /]הַכָּשַׁת נָחָשׁ Yesterday we saw that לעקוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-2.m4a” /] means to sting or to bite when the act is performed by an insect, while לנשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-3.m4a” /] is for human beings. לנשוך applies to other mammals as well. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-4.m4a” /]הכלב נשך אותי! The dog bit me! When speaking of snakes though, the word is להכיש[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-1.m4a” /]צֵא הַחוּצָה! The basic Hebrew word for to go out is לצאת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-2.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root, י.צ.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-3.m4a” /], from the Hebrew term for the Exodus: יציאת מצרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-4.m4a” /] (literally, the exit from Egypt). If you wish to ask someone (or you dog) to kindly leave your home or office, you…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/משרה-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂרָה It may seem strange, but Hebrew doesn’t have a direct translation for the word job. Rather, it has a few different terms, each with its own unique spin on the word. There’s עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/משרה-#.m4a” /], which means literally work. It’s the right word to use for job in the general sense: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/משרה-#.m4a”…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? לַעֲקוֹף In my native California, the left lane of the freeway is the fast lane, and that’s what I once assumed was true in Israel as well. But when I started having people drive up right behind me and flashing their high beams, I inquired and discovered…
לִשְׂמוֹחַ Today was Purim in Jerusalem, so I’m just getting around to the word of the day now. You’ve all got the benefit of reading the product of my imagination as I’m sobering up – almost there, but not quite. In English, emotional reactions are typically adjectives – such as angry and…