– comes from the root ח.י.ה (kh.y.h) meaning life. דִּוּוּחַ When listening to breaking news, you’re likely to hear the word report tossed around a lot. The Hebrew word for to report, especially when reporting an incident, is לְדַוֵּח (leh–dah-VEH-ahkh). It’s an active-causative פיעל (pee-EL) verb. The logo of רשות השידור the IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority) Thus a report – the noun form of לדווח…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /]טִיּוּל מְאֻרְגָּן Remember when this existed? It’ll return one day. But while we’re waiting, let’s learn how to say it in Hebrew. טיול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /] is a tour, usually an informal one, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/טיול-מאורגן-#.m4a” /]נסענו לטיול בצפון – ביקרנו בכל מעיין שרק היה אפשר. We went on a trip (tour) in the…
חֲמַקְמַק, חֲלַקְלַק… I’m reading about the Mossad’s battle against the Black September terrorists in הַמּוֹסַד – The Mossad (hah-moh-SAHD), a book by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal. I hear it’s been translated to English. A word used there to describe Mohamed Bodya, the Algerian fine-arts-aficionado/playboy behind many terror attacks in Europe…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /]מִסְכֵּן In Biblical Hebrew, מסכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /] refers to someone unable to support themselves financially, but over time the word came to refer to anyone in a position arousing compassion or pity – a poor thing. Here’s an example in the feminine: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /]היא נפלה מהמגלשה וקיבלה מכה, מסכנה. She fell off the…
לטפס Another Hebrew word of movement is לְטַפֵּס (le-tah-PESS), to climb. I neglected to take pictures of the actual hike on the Gilboa – I forgot I was going to write about climbing. Instead, suffice it to say that טִפַּסְנוּ עַל הַהָר (tee-PAHS-noo al hah-HAHR). And if you’re a parent with…
לִמְשׁוֹךְ כֶּסֶף Can’t read Hebrew yet? The verb to draw in English might refer to drawing a picture on canvas, water from a well or money from a machine. Hebrew has different words for each of these. To draw a picture is לְצַיֵּר צִיּוּר . To draw water…