having trouble seeing the print? מַטָּרָה learn Hebrew through Israeli music When talking about soccer/football, the word goal when referring to scoring gets translated into Hebrew as גּוֹל , while the area designated as the goal is called a שַׁעַר – literally, gate. Likewise, a goalie is a שׁוֹעֵר . But when speaking of a goal in a shooting range (a…
While an onion is בצל and garlic is שום, a radish is צנון. For example: אני לא אוהב צנון. I don’t like radish. Turns out I’m not the only one – צנון is also a slang term for someone boring and hard to relate to.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a” /]חִיּוּךְ To smile is the פיעל verb לחייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a” /]דוד, אל תשכח לחייך! David, don’t forget to smile! Likewise, a smile is חיוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a” /]איזה חיוך טבעי ונינוח! What a natural, easygoing smile! לחייך and חיוך follow the same verb-noun pattern as לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/חיוך-#.m4a”…
שֵׂעַר שֵׂיבָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word זִקְנָה means old age. It also has a more poetic, gentle synonym, שֵׂיבָה , as in the Biblical injunction found on the walls of Israeli buses today: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם before age you shall stand (Leviticus 19) Hence the term…
having trouble seeing the print? צְפִירָה Our Hebrew class starts Sunday! 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! A couple of hours ago, residents of Jerusalem may have been taken by surprise by the sound of a city-wide siren. This was a test. In any case, the Hebrew word for the sound of a siren is…