לתרום If you’re familiar with Jewish tradition and Jewish law, you probably know the word for contribution – תְּרוּמָה (troo-MAH). The root ת.ר.מ (t.r.m), which makes up the word תרומה, is itself actually derived from a more basic root – ר.ו.מ (r.w.m), which carries the basic meaning of height and loftiness. So a תרומה…

how to say “imagination’ in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 20, 2010November 5, 2018

דמיון You might know how to say He looks like his father in Hebrew – הוּא דּוֹמֶה לְאַבָּא שֶׁלּו (hoo doh-MEH le-AH-bah sheh-LOH). The root of the word דומה is ד.מ.ה (d.m.h), which carries the concept of likeness or similarity. The English word imagination comes from the word image, which is a likeness. Likewise, the Hebrew word…

how do you say “pill” in Hebrew?

ByAmi Steinberger August 24, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /]כַּדּוּר In Hebrew, the word for pill, ball and bullet are all the same: כדור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-1.m4a” /]. Here’s an example of the first on the list: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-2.m4a” /]היא התחילה לקחת כדורי שינה. She started taking sleeping pills. While we’re at it, here are examples of the other usages of כדור: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כדור-3.m4a” /]הם משחקים…

how to say “thighs” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 25, 2021October 15, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]יְרֵכַיִים A single thigh is a ירך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /], while a pair or more are ירכיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]עשיתי סקוואט ועכשיו כואבות לי הירכיים. I did squat(s) and now my thighs hurt. Like most body parts that come in pairs, ירכיים gets the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /] ending, and is…

how to say “to land” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 8, 2019May 16, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]לִנְחוֹת If להמריא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /] is to take off, לנחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /] is to land. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]רק עכשיו המראנו, ואתה כבר שואל מתי נוחתים? We just took off, and you’re already asking when we’re landing? לנחות is a simple פעל verb of the root נ.ח.ת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]. which is about going down….

how to say “math” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 21, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]מָתֶמָטִיקָה Yesterday we saw that one of the meaning of the word חשבון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /] is arithmetic, which comes from the authentic Hebrew root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /] meaning thinking. Unlike חשבון, the word for math in general is the international one: מתמטיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מתמטיקה-#.m4a” /]הנושא הראשון שלומדים במתמטיקה הוא חשבון. The first…

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