having trouble seeing the print? פִּתָּרוֹן יְצִירָתִי Don’t miss the deadline! Our fall classes start October 30. Save 200 shekels by THIS TUESDAY, October 11. Sometimes a situation in life calls for a creative solution. Suppose, for example, you’re building a סֻכָּה (soo-KAH) – sukkah – in your backyard, and you realize that one of the three required solid sides,…
having trouble seeing the print? תְּזוּנָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The Hebrew word for contribution or donation is תְּרוּמָה (teh-roo-MAH). The original root of this word, contrary to one’s first intuition, is ר.ו.מ (r.w.m) meaning height. The ת (t) at the beginning takes the concept of height and creates a word meaning, that which is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /]אֲדֹנִי הַשּׁוֹפֵט, גְּבִרְתִּי הַשּׁוֹפֶטֶת In English, we shorten the expression your honor, the judge to simple your honor. Hebrew’s version of this statement of polite reverence is אדוני השופט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /] – my master, the judge or גברתי השופטת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /] – my lady, the judge. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /]אדוני השופט, עם כל הכבוד… Your honor, with…
מַצְפּוּן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? When Modern Hebrew created a word for the physical object called a compass – מַצְפֵּן listen and repeat, of the root צ.פ.נ (ts.p.n) meaning north as well as hidden – it employed the same root to create a term for the non-physical entity that guides people towards their destiny. The Hebrew word for conscience is מַצְפּוּן listen…
נְתוּנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נתונים-1.mp3″ /] I remember from high-school geometry that we had to rely on the givens to solve or a problem or to prove something. With my family’s moving to Israel and then back to the States, I benefited from taking geometry twice, thus learning the terms in both languages. Givens in Hebrew is a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-1.m4a” /]נוֹזֵל, נָזִיל The Hebrew word for a runny nose is נזלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-2.m4a” /], which comes from the word נוזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-3.m4a” /] meaning flowing or liquid. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נוזל-4.m4a” /]לפני צום, חשוב לשתות הרבה נוזלים. Before a fast, it’s important to drink lots of liquid(s). Now, that’s liquid the noun. To describe something as liquid, the…