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להמציא מחדש To “re” do something in Hebrew is לְ— מֵחָדָש (le…. meh-hah-DAHSH). To reinvent the wheel is לְהַמְצִיא מֵחָדָש אֶת הַגַּלְגַל (le-hahm-TSEE meh-hah-DAHSH et hah-gahl-GAHL). It’s not recommended. It takes too much time.
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
שַׁעַר חֲלִיפִין, שַׁעַר יַצִּיג Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ח.ל.פ (kh.l.p) means changing over, so that חליפין describes the exchange of quantities of goods or monies. With שַׁעַר meaning gate or that which things come and go through, שער חליפין is one of the official Hebrew terms for exchange rate. The other…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /]בֵּין הַיֶּתֶר The Hebrew word for between or among is בין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /]כדי להגיע לכביש הראשי צריך ללכת בין הבתים. In order to get to the main street you need to walk between the houses. Among other things is בין היתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /] – literally, among the rest. For example: [audioclip…
having trouble seeing the print? סוֹף הַדֶּרֶךְ When I hear the English expression, the end of the road, the first thing that comes to my mind is the song by Boyz II Men. In English, the end of the road connotes the end of a relationship or process, sometimes the end of a life. …
