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how to say “in need of” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 12, 2019June 6, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /]זָקוּק ל… The basic way of saying I need in Hebrew is אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. But to say that someone is in need of something, we use another word that expresses greater urgency: זקוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] for a male and זקוקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/זקוק-#.m4a” /] for a female….

how to say “fellow human being” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 15, 2014October 24, 2018

הַזּוּלָת Can’t read Hebrew yet? זוּלָה in Biblical Hebrew means removing from or except for, always used in the construct state – where the letter ה (h) at the end becomes a ת (t), or a ת with a suffix – as in: זוּלָתִי כָּלֵב בֶּן יְפֻנֶּה, הוּא יִרְאֶנָּה… except for Caleb…

how to say “a request” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 30, 2010November 5, 2018

בקשה If you know some Hebrew, you surely know the word for please: בְּבַקַשָּׁה (be-vah-kah-SHAH). This word means, literally, in request. The word for a request, likewise, is (bah-kah-SHAH). I’m taking בַּקַשּׁוֹת (bah-kah-SHOHT) for daily doses of Hebrew, people. Just hit the “comments” section below and send me some. And if you’d…

how to say “a shot” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 4, 2021January 28, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /]זְרִיקָה, יְרִיָּיה I’m not sure which meaning of shot is more present for me these days: the shot I got with my Covid-19 vaccine, or the shots I hear on Netflix shows – all the time. Hebrew has a word for each: זריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /] is a medicinal shot, while ירייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/זריקה-#.m4a” /] is the shot that…

how to say “undercover Jews dressed as Arabs” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 27, 2019May 16, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מסתערבים-#.m4a” /]מִסְתַּעַרְבִים The series Fauda has placed מסתערבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מסתערבים-#.m4a” /] in the minds and hearts of enthusiasts around the world – Jews, Muslims and everyone else: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מסתערבים-#.m4a” /]פאודה היא סדרה ישראלית על יחידת מסתערבים. Fauda is an Israeli series about a unit of mistaarvim. The word מסתערבים (in the masculine-singular, מסתערב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/מסתערבים-#.m4a” /]) refers today to Jews…

How to say “quiet” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 4, 2018October 18, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-1.m4a” /]שֶׁקֶט, שָׁקֵט If you went to Jewish school in the States, you may know the patient exhortation of Hebrew teachers, in sing-song form: שקט, בבקשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-2.m4a” /] – quiet, please! Or from the less patient teachers (or the more demanding students), simply: !שקט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/שקט-3.m4a” /] – quiet! In any case, שקט means quiet…

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