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how to say “dawn” in Hebrew
שַׁחַר Can’t read Hebrew yet? The morning prayer in Judaism is called שַׁחֲרִית , as it is derived from the word for dawn, שַׁחַר . In Hebrew, we talk about the dawn as it is a physical object like the sun and say that the dawn rises, as in: הֵם יָצְאוּ לַקְּרָב לִפְנֵי שֶׁעָלָה…
how to say “sigh” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אֲנָחָה The Hebrew word for a sigh is אנחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אנחנו שומעים קול אנחה כבדה מהחדר השני. We hear the sound of a heavy sigh from the other room. To sigh is the נפעל verb להיאנח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אחרי יומיים של מרדף הוא סוף סוף…
how to say “partial” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]חֶלְקִי This post is not about partial in the sense of biased – that’s מוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /] or משוחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]. Rather, we’re talking about partial as in part-time job – משרה חלקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /], or partially – באופן חלקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]. The word for a variety of partial is חלקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /] (masculine) or חלקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]…
how to say “former prime minister” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…
how to say “we’ll be in touch!” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נהיה-בקשר-1.m4a” /]נִהְיֶה בְּקֶשֶׁר Having been living in Israel for close to a decade now, I’m finding that my English has taken on some Hebraic forms. When I lived in the States, I might close a conversation with “we’ll be in touch,” but now I occasionally find myself saying “we’ll be in contact.” That’s because the Hebrew expression is…
how to say “trumpet” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]חֲצוֹצְרָה Ancient Israelites used two instruments to announce their presence: a שופר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – shofar or a horn, and a חצוצרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – a metallic instrument like the modern-day trumpet. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה. (הושע ה’, ח’) Sound the shofar on the hill, the trumpet on the plateau. (Hosea 5:8) Here’s an…