how to say “you look pale” in Hebrew
לוֹחֵם Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם when referring to a male and לוחמת when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks: הוא היה בצבא לוחם או ג’ובניק? In the army, was he a fighter or a…
לִבְכּוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Sometimes it’s appropriate just to cry. The Hebrew word for to cry is לִבְכּוֹת listen and repeat, an active-simple verb of the root ב.כ.ה (b.kh.h). As the last letter of the root is a ה (h – learn to read Hebrew) – a weak letter…
יעיל The Hebrew word for both effective and efficient is יָעִיל (yah-EEL). It comes from the same root, י.ע.ל (y.’.l) as yet another word for benefit – תּוֹעֶלֶת (toh-EH-let). To take something and make it more efficient is לְיָעֵל (le-yah-EHL). For example, הַחֶבְרָה גּוּגֶל יוֹדַעַת לְיָעֵל דְּבָרִים (hah-khev-RAH GOO-ghel yoh-DAH-aht le-yah-EHL dvah-REEM) – The company…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /]קָרוֹב The Hebrew word for close – קרוב [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /] in the masculine – can refer to emotional closeness just as it does to physical. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-2.m4a” /] פעם היינו מאוד קרובים אחד לשני. Once we were very close to one another. קרוב can also refer to a relative, though people…
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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להביט-1.m4a” /]לְהַבִּיט If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for to look – להסתכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להביט-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להביט-3.m4a” /]אל תסתכלו עליו. Don’t look at him. (spoken to more than one person) A higher-register word for to look is להביט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להביט-1.m4a” /] – in English, this might be to…