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להעלות If you’re reading this blog, you’ve likely heard the word aliyah (עֲלִיָּה – ah-lee-YAH) before. The word refers to immigration to Israel, but means, literally, ascending. To cause something to ascend is to raise something. Hence the verb, לְהַעֲלוֹת (le-hah-ah-LOHT). For those of you who are biblically inclined, you may remember this word in the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /]כִּיסּוּי עֵינַיִים The Hebrew expression for blindfold is כיסוי עיניים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /], literally covering of eyes. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /]במטוסים מחלקים כיסויי עיניים כדי שאנשים יוכלו לישון. On planes they give out blindfolds so people can sleep. כיסוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /] is a noun form of the פיעל verb לכסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/כיסוי-עיניים-#.m4a” /], of the root…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /]מֻרְכָּב Something complex is מורכב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /] (מורכבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /] if we’re talking about a feminine object), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /]שרה, הסיפור הוא יותר מורכב ממה שאת חושבת. Sarah, the story is more complex than you think. Like the English word complex, מורכב gives off the sense that that which is complex is…
having trouble seeing the print? מָסָךְ Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! The flat object emanating light, text and images you’re probably looking at right now, a monitor, is called in Hebrew a מָסָך (mah-SAHKH). This word goes all the way back to the Torah, in which a מסך – a…
שְׁלוּחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /] One of the key terms in a phone directory is extension – in Hebrew, שלוחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שלוחה-2.mp3″ /]נא המתינו להעברת השיחה לשלוחה. Please wait for the call to be transferred to the extension. (the standard recording you might have heard has a female voice) The word שלוחה comes from…