, for example:(it’s מָהִיר in the masculine), and the sentence would read:מוֹרֶה דֶּרֶךְ, מַדְרִיךְ טִיּוּלִים listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’re stuck in the wilderness without a GPS, a מצפן (compass) listen and repeat might serve you well. But if you don’t have either of these (or don’t know how to use them), you might be aching for someone to show…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]מוּפְשָׁט The Hebrew verb לפשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb) is to remove a piece of clothing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]הוא פשט את המעיל ואז התיישב. He took of his (the) coat and then sat down. Something simple – devoid of any extraneous details – is פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…
סיכון Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for dangerous – מְסוּכָּן (me-soo-KAHN). Likewise, the word for danger itself is סַכָּנָה (sah-kah-NAH). The word for risk comes from the same root – ס.כ.נ (s.k.n): סִכּוּן (see-KOON). Radio-show lineup I’ve got my radio show of Israeli music explained at noon today (as every week), on…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /]גֶּפֶן Here’s a nice Hebrew name for a child: גפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /], which means grapevine. You may also recognize the word from the Jewish blessing on wine: בורא פרי הגפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /] – the One who creates the vine. As is the trend today with Hebrew names, this one is unisex. Nevertheless the word גפן itself…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]תּוּת שָׂדֶה A strawberry, in Hebrew, is תות שדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /] or simply תות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב משקה בטעם תות בננה. He likes a strawberry-banana flavored drink. תות most likely derives from Ancient Persian. תות שדה means literally תות of a field. Multiple strawberries are תותים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/תות-#.m4a” /].
כשרון You probably know the Hebrew word for Kosher – כָּשֵׁר (kah-SHEHR). Literally, the word means prepared. The root כ.ש.ר (k.sh.r) is also used to imply that someone is naturally prepared for some task; that the person has talent or a knack for it. The word for talent or knack is כִּשָּׁרוֹן (kee-shah-ROHN). To say that a person…