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how to say “to bring to life” or “to illustrate” in Hebrew
לְהַמְחִישׁ Hear this word pronounced This week I introduced some of my students to a song by Ehud Banai called עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב (EH-ghel hah-zah-HAHV) – The Golden Calf, as Jews around the world will be reading its account this Shabbat. I’ll probably play the song with explanation next Wednesday on my radio show. My…
daily video – how to say “acquired taste” in Hebrew
To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים הטעם של בירה הוא טעם נרכש הטעם של עוגה הוא טעם מולד הטעם של אפונה? לא יודע תגידו אתם בכל מקרה, "נרכש"...
how to say “to make someone happy” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לְשַׂמֵּחַ Hebrew courses starting Sunday in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv My professor of Bible and Aramaic at Yeshiva University, Dr. Moshe Bernstein, taught me that 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant declared that it’s worth studying Hebrew for ten years just to read תְּהִלִּים ק”ד– Psalm 104. Jews all over the world read that…
How to say “ugh!” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-1.m4a” /]אוּף! In Israel’s version of Sesame Street, there’s a character that parallels Oscar the Grouch. In Hebrew, his name is משה אופניק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-2.m4a” /] – Moshe Oofnick. That’s because he always says אוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-1.m4a” /] – ugh! in a show of disdain. Here’s the word אוף itself in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/אוף-3.m4a” /]אוף, עוד…
8 of the Sweetest Words in Hebrew
The Hebrew root מ.ת.ק[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] is the sweetest there is - it means sweet, and it appears in the bunch of delightful words and expressions you'll find below. 1. מָתוֹק, מְתוּקָה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] - sweet The basic adjective for sweet is מתוק[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] for something grammatically masculine and מתוקה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מתק-#.m4a" /] for something...
how to say “tumor” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /]גִּדּוּל Yesterday we saw that to raise a child is לגדל ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-2.m4a” /]. This active-intensive verb לגדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-3.m4a” /] has a corresponding noun form – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-1.m4a” /], so that raising children is גידול ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גידול-4.m4a” /]. But the word גידול also means a growth or a tumor, so you’re more likely to hear people avoid…