– the light – that is at the edge of, where קָצֶה means edge – the tunnelhaving trouble seeing the print? לַחַן, מַנְגִּינָה, נְעִימָה Get talking… in Hebrew. Our Level 1 course starts Sunday, November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv The sound of music… in Hebrew, there are at least three words referring to this: a more casual word, a literary one and a professional one. The more casual word is מַנְגִּינָה…
נְסִיגָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word withdrawal has multiple meanings in English, each with its own word in Hebrew. The one in the news these days refers to the military’s withdrawal from the place it’s invaded. That word is נְסִיגָה , of the active-simple verb לָסֶגֶת – to withdraw. The word…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-1.m4a” /]לְהַסְבִּיר The Modern Hebrew word for to explain – להסביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-1.m4a” /] – comes from the Aramaic root ס.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-2.m4a” /] meaning thinking. Hebrew takes the root and plugs it into the active-causative הפעיל verb form. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-3.m4a” /]אתה קולט אותי, או שאני צריך להסביר? Do you (a male) get me, or do…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-1.m4a” /]בַּקְבּוּקֵי מַיִם Some Hebrew words are onomatopoeias – they’re named after the sound they make. One such word is בקבוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-2.m4a” /]. Imagine pouring a lot of wine and you’ll understand what I mean. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בקבוקי-מים-3.m4a” /]כשמטיילים, חשוב להביא בקבוק מים. When (you) hike, it’s important to take a bottle of water. Bottles…
עֵדָה, קְהִלָּה, קְהִלִּיָּה There are small communities and there are large communities. There are internet communities and there are multinational communities. Two Biblical Hebrew roots generate several Modern Hebrew words to cover all these bases: ק.ה.ל (k.h.l) and ע.ד.ה (a.d.h). The most common word for community refers to the one typically centered around a…