having trouble seeing the print? נֵטֶל Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The big topic in Israeli national news recently has been that of the possibility of expanding the draft to include Haredim and Arabs. The papers and the protesters talk…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חזרה-#.m4a” /]חֲזָרָה In American English, a rehearsal is what actors do (many times) before they go on stage in front of a live audience. But in British English, rehearsal also means a review of material that one would like to know well. Hebrew’s word חזרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חזרה-#.m4a” /] encompasses both meanings, as it comes from the simple verb…
having trouble seeing the print? לְחוֹקֵק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. The essential Hebrew word for law is חוֹק (khohk). Employing the root ח.ו.ק (kh.w.k) in a variation of an active-intensive פִּעֵל verb form, we get the word לְחוֹקֵק – to legislate or to create law (leh-khoh-KEK).https://ulpan.com/piel/.html I say “variation”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /]שְׁכוּנָה, רֹבַע The Hebrew word for neighborhood is שכונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /], as in: הוא גר בשכונה הירושלמית מקור חיים.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] He lives in the Jerusalem neighborhood Mekor Haim (Source of Life). The root of שכונה is ש.כ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] meaning dwelling, the same as that of the word שכינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/רובע-#.m4a” /] –…
לִשְׁכּוֹן This is one is for Mr. and Mrs. Worms. If you’ve got some Hebrew, you likely know how to say “He lives in… (Israel, Los Angeles, Argentina, etc…)” – הוּא גָּר בְּ… (hoo gahr beh…). The word לָגוּר (lah-GOOR) means to reside, in colloquial Hebrew. There is also a more refined word, not used…
having trouble seeing the print? לְאַיֵּשׁ highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth If you read the title of this post and didn’t quite understand what I’m getting it, you’re probably not the only one. The word לְאַיֵּשׁ ( ) doesn’t really have a direct translation into English. The best I could come up with is to man and to staff,…