how to say “sailor” in Hebrew
חֵץ וָקֶשֶׁת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Though the more prominent tradition of לַ”ג בָּעֹמֶר listen and repeat is the bonfire, Jewish children today and throughout the Diaspora used to go out into the fields and play with bows and arrows, as a reminder of the last stand in the Jewish independence…
having trouble seeing the print? חַד-מַשְׁמָעִי LOCAL Hebrew courses in Israel (deadlines coming up soon!) DISTANCE Hebrew courses online (winter deadline – December 20!) Due to its importance in politics and in day-to-day life, there are many ways in both English and Hebrew of expressing the idea of making something absolutely clear. Perhaps the most common such expression in…
להכריז In Level 1 of Ulpan La-Inyan, students take on the roles of the couple, Nava and Oren. Nava is all dressed and ready to go to a party, when she walks into the living room to find Oren sitting and reading a newspaper קוֹרֵא עִתּוֹן (koh-REH ee-TOHN). לִקְרוֹא (leek-ROH) means both to read and…
בִּלְתִּי חֻקִּי Last night 150 refugees were deported back to Sudan from Israel. The phrase for illegal in Hebrew is בִּלְתִּי חֻקִּי (beel-TEE khoo-KEE). The word בלתי functions in Hebrew in a similar way to how the prefixes in- and un- function in English – such as in impossible – בלתי אֶפְשָׁרִי (beel-TEE ef-shah-REE) – and בלתי נִשְׁכַּח…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…