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חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
how to say “to freshen up” in Hebrew
להתרענן This morning teaching at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, some of my students (well, Yogi’s students – I was substituting) had some coffee or needed to get some fresh air. Truth is, so did I. We all freshened up. To become freshed in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַעֲנֵן (le-heet-rah-ah-NEHN). For example רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הוּא זְמַן…
how to say “neck,” and other body parts, in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? צַוָּאר listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! In the Torah portion to be read this week by Jews around the world, the Hebrew word for neck – צַוָּאר listen and repeat – appears prominently, especially in Midrashic interpretations of the Biblical text. Now, צוואר is a masculine noun,…
10 Hebrew words to get you through the coronavirus
These ten words and terms will help you understand what they’re talking about on the Israeli news. 1. בהלה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /] - panic The Hebrew word for panic in the social sense is בהלה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /]. It comes from the root ב.ה.ל[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /] meaning disquiet, a root that appears in the Book of Esther:...
how to say “to get updated” in Hebrew
להתעדכן Israelis all around the world love to stay up to date with what’s going on in the holy land. I imagine many Jews, regardless of whether they carry Israeli citizenship, love to do the same. Ulpan La-Inyan’s Level 5 class allows you to do so with the Israeli radio broadcast, as students…
how to say “the international community” in Hebrew
הַקְּהִלִּיָּה הַבֵּינְלְאֻמִּית listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Modern Hebrew word for community is קְהִלָּה listen and repeat. This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, but there the more common word is קָהָל listen and repeat or עֵדָה listen and repeat. Now קהילה refers to a community of people, linked by common interests…