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this week’s review – going crazy, cappuccino and finding balance
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
how to say “a sign” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]סִימָן, שֶׁלֶט A sign in the spiritual sense is סימן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]חיכיתי לסימן שיהיה בסדר. I waited for a sign that it would okay. סימן also means a marker, such as that on a hiking trail: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]שימו לב לסימני הדרך. Pay attention to the path markers. (spoken to more than…
how to say “board’ (not “bored”, “board”) in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לוּחַ Tradition has it that חַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת– the Shavuot festival – marks the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. And the Torah – הַתּוֹרָה– was given on tablets – not the kind you swallow (that’s a כַּדּוּר), but the kind made of stone. The word the תורה uses for tablets is…
how to say “skewers” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /]שִׁיפּוּדִים In English, the word skewers might get you thinking of a barbecue. The Hebrew word שיפודים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] does the same. To get specific with the type of meat (or vegetables) on the skewer, you’d turn שיפודים into שיפודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] – literally, skewers of – and then add the item of your…
how to say “hotel” in Hebrew
מָלוֹן Here’s a useful word for all you tourists coming to Israel this summer: מלון – hotel. For example: באיזה מלון אתם ישנים? At what hotel are you guys staying (sleeping)? מלון comes from the simple verb ללון, the standard word for to sleep in Biblical Hebrew. Today ללון is considered a fancy word), while…
how to say “an escape” in Hebrew
מָנוֹס listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world includes: לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלַגֵּר וְלַתּוֹשָׁב בְּתוֹכָם, תִּהְיֶינָה שֵׁשׁ הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, לְמִקְלָט לָנוּס שָׁמָּה, כָּל מַכֵּה נֶפֶשׁ בִּשְׁגָגָה. For the Children of Israel, and for the sojourner and the resident among…