having trouble seeing the print? שִׁמּוּשִׁי Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! If you’re conversant in Hebrew, you most likely know the Hebrew word for to use something – לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּש (leh-heesh-tah-MESH), as in הִיא מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת בָּעֵט עַכְשָׁו (hee meesh-tah-MEH-shet bah-ET ahkh-SHAHV) – she is using the pen now. The root is ש.מ.ש…
הַנּוֹפְלִים, הַחֲלָלִים In English, we talk about someone falling when they die for a cause. In Hebrew we do the same: הנופלים is one way of saying the fallen. For example: היום אנחנו זוכרים את הנופלים. Today we remember the fallen. Another, more distinctly-Hebrew word for one who has fallen in battle is חלל. For example:…
having trouble seeing the print? לִקְנוֹת זְמַן, לְהַרְוִיחַ זְמַן listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us To buy time means to put off an event until circumstances change in one’s favor. Hebrew translates this concept in two ways, one literal: לִקְנוֹת זְמַן to buy time listen and repeat and one…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרגשה-טובה-1.m4a” /]הַרְגָּשָׁה טוֹבָה The Hebrew word for emotion is רגש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרגשה-טובה-2.m4a” /], a three-letter word that functions as a root as well. One application of this root is in the word (an active-causative verb) להרגיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרגשה-טובה-3.m4a” /] – to feel, which becomes הרגשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הרגשה-טובה-4.m4a” /] – a feeling – in noun form. And a…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְחֲנֻכָּה שָׂמֵחַ! Shabbat Shalom, and happy Hanukkah! listen and repeat