how to say “username” in Hebrew
הַקְּהִלִּיָּה הַבֵּינְלְאֻמִּית listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Modern Hebrew word for community is קְהִלָּה listen and repeat. This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, but there the more common word is קָהָל listen and repeat or עֵדָה listen and repeat. Now קהילה refers to a community of people, linked by common interests…
having trouble seeing the print? שְׁתִיָּה, מַשְׁקֶה חָרִיף If you’ve taken our Level 1 course or otherwise have a bit of Hebrew background, you know that the simple פעל verb לִשְׁתּוֹת (leesh-TOHT) means to drink, and perhaps also that שְׁתִיָּה (sheh-tee-YAH) is the generic word for a drink, in Modern Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew,…
הִתְמוֹטְטוּת listen to and repeat this word We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Tomorrow is the traditional day of national mourning on the Jewish calendar, תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב (teesh-AH beh-AHV) – the ninth of (the month of) Av. The day…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-1.m4a” /]סוֹכְנוּת נַדְלָ”ן You may know of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Some of you may even work there. The organization’s name in Hebrew is הסוכנות היהודית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-2.m4a” /], where סוכנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-3.m4a” /] means agency. Likewise, an agent is a סוכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-4.m4a” /] (male) or סוכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סוכנות-נדלן-5.m4a” /] (female). Now, just as Hebrew borrows from Aramaic…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפש-את-המטמון-1.m4a” /]חַפֵּשׂ אֶת הַמַּטְמוֹן Suppose there’s a piece of מצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפש-את-המטמון-2.m4a” /] – matzah – hidden somewhere in the house. Kids know this game as searching for the אפיקומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפש-את-המטמון-3.m4a” /]. But in the broader sense, this game is an example of חפש את המטמון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפש-את-המטמון-1.m4a” /] – treasure hunt, or literally, search for the treasure. For…