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how to say “a solid guy” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-1.m4a” /]בָּחוּר כָּאֶרֶז The cedar tree, native to the lands of the Bible including the country known then and today as Lebanon, was venerated as beautiful, strong, majestic. It makes sense then that in the biblical poem שיר השירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-2.m4a” /] – Song of Songs, the young woman refers to her beloved as a young man like…
how to say “to make an order” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לבצע-הזמנה-#.m4a” /]לְבַצֵּעַ הַזְמָנָה If you’ve taken any of our courses from Level 2 and up, you know the word for to invite – להזמין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לבצע-הזמנה-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb. Likewise, and invitation is הזמנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לבצע-הזמנה-#.m4a” /]. להזמין and הזמנה also mean to order and an order, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לבצע-הזמנה-#.m4a” /]איפה ההזמנה שלי? Where is my order? To make an…
how to say “to resonate” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להדהד-1.m4a” /]לְהַדְהֵד Last week we saw the Hebrew word for echo – הד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להדהד-2.m4a” /]. To resonate – to feel the vibe of a sound (or a feeling) emitted elsewhere – is the active-intensive פיעל verb להדהד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להדהד-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להדהד-3.m4a” /]מה שאמרת מהדהד אצלי. What you (a male) said resonates with me….
how to say “satellite” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /]לַוְיָן To accompany someone is the פיעל verb ללוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /]. This word’s root is ל.ו.י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /], also spelling the name לוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /] – Levy. A satellite is a לויין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /] – it’s an object that accompanies a larger object. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/לוויין-#.m4a” /]קרוב לחמשת אלפים לוויינים סובבים את…
how to say “united” in Hebrew
If you’ve had even the slightest exposure to Hebrew – in Israel or in a synagogue anywhere in the world – you’ve probably heard the word אחד – one. אחד also functions as a root for verbs, such as the התפעל verb להתאחד – to unite (together) and the פיעל verb לאחד – to unite…
how to say “a word to the wise is sufficient” in Hebrew
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