weekly video dose – how to say “to bless” in Hebrew
פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים Can’t read Hebrew yet? Today in Israel sales of dried fruits will be up by several hundred percent as the country marks the occasion of ט”וּ בִּשְׁבָט Tu Bishvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat – when Jews celebrate the budding of spring. The word for fruit is פְּרִי (note…
[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…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]לִטְעוֹם The Hebrew word טעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /] means taste or flavor. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]יש לזה טעם של בוטנים. It has a flavor of peanuts. To taste is the simple verb לטעום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת פיסול, והוא טועם יין. She studies sculpting, and he tastes wine.
לחגוג You probably know the word חַג (hahg) – holiday, in the religious sense. To celebrate is לַחְגּוֹג (lah-GOHG). Here’s a video שחוגג sixty years of Israel’s independence (two years dated). In my mind, it celebrates the diversity of Jews in Israeli society, that, after thousands of years of separation and the widest…