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Weekly Hebrew Review – desert wind brings dust and unpleasantness… and electronics

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.  Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

how to say “mud” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]בֹּץ The Hebrew word for mud is בוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-2.m4a” /]דרכת בבוץ? אתה צריך לנגב רגליים. You (a male) stepped in the mud? You need to wipe your (the) feet. Such a tangible thing as mud also serves as a symbol. Take coffee, for example – if it’s milk and sugar free, we…

what’s free?

ByAmi Steinberger

  חינם, חירות, חופש   If you’ve been to Jerusalem in the past couple of years, you may have eaten at a low-budget pizza parlor called פִּיצָה כִּמְעַט חִינָם (pizza keem-AHT hee-NAHM) – almost-free pizza. Their prices are actually much lower than those of their competitors. But they’re still not free.     Not kosher…

how to say “military operation” in Hebrew

how to say “military operation” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]מִבְצָע צְבָאִי The Hebrew word for army is צבא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]. It’s part of the name of the Israel Defense Forces – צבא ההגנה לישראל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /] (literally, the Army of Defense of/for Israel). Something military is צבאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מבצע-צבאי-#.m4a” /]בדיוק עברנו ליד בסיס צבאי. We just passed a military base. How…

16 Must-Know Beach Words in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
1. הים[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מילים-לים-#.m4a" /] - the beach The word for beach is חוף[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מילים-לים-#.m4a" /], but Israelis refer to it as הים[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מילים-לים-#.m4a" /] - the sea. For example: [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מילים-לים-#.m4a" /]אנחנו הולכים לים, רוצים לבוא? We're going to the beach, want to come? 2. ברד[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מילים-לים-#.m4a" /] - icee Cool off under the hot Israeli sun...

how to say “to badger” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לַחְפּוֹר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפור-1.mp3″ /] This one’s for Zeev. Here’s an expression I thought was authentically Israeli, until I looked it up and found that the source is English and possibly other languages. The simple verb לחפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפור-1.mp3″ /] means literally to dig, but figuratively it’s one of the things that the Modern Israeli version of a Yente does: ask questions…