a Hebrew slang term for “I’m satisfied”
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אופי-#.m4a” /]אֹפִי Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for personality – אישיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אופי-#.m4a” /] – comes from the basic Hebrew word איש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/אופי-#.m4a” /] meaning man, or more essentially, person. What about character – the parts of a person that are in some ways less personal but are nevertheless essential to who s/he is? That word in…
זְרִיחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for sunrise is זְרִיחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-1.mp3″ /], which comes from the simple verb לִזְרוֹחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-2.mp3″ /] meaning to shine or to rise when referring to the sun. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-3.mp3″ /]נִשְׁאַרְנוּ עֵרִים כָּל הַלַּיְלָה, עַד הַזְּרִיחָה. We stayed awake all night, until sunrise. You may recognize this word’s…
כְּרִיכָה In Egypt and Iran, the masses are demonstrating against Israel. At least one person in Tehran (the president), is vowing that the establishment of a Palestinian state will be the first step towards making the entire “Palestine” a Muslim state. As for the Jews inhabiting their native land… well, Ahmadinejad’s purported solution…
יעיל The Hebrew word for both effective and efficient is (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 (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 Google knows…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]הִגִּיעַ הַזְּמַן To ask someone what time it is in Hebrew, you’d say ?מה השעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]. This means literally, what is the hour? The Hebrew word for time itself, though, is זמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /]. And to say, it’s about time, you’d say the time has arrived – הגיע הזמן.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/הגיע-הזמן-#.m4a” /] For example: הגיע הזמן שתתחילו…