how to “make a dream come true” in Hebrew


having trouble seeing the print? מִלָּה יוֹמִית Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… Technically speaking, the word of the day is מִלַּת הַיּוֹם (mee-LAHT hah-YOHM), in Hebrew. It’s an instance of סְמִיכוּת (seh-mee-KHOOT) – grammatical juxtaposition, the kind of structure where in English you’d use the word of to connect two things: so מילת היום is literally, the…
having trouble seeing the print? קִיצוֹנִי Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh The Hebrew word for edge or tip is קָצֶה (kah-TZEH). This word figures prominently in the Tabernacle blueprints spelled out in the Torah portions to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world. Two edges are שְׁנֵי קְצָוֹת (she-NEH-ee keh-tsah-VOHT). In Biblical…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a” /]דָּבָר נוֹסָף In day-to-day Hebrew, the word דבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a” /] means thing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a” /]רציתי לדבר איתכם על כמה דברים. I wanted to speak with you guys about a few things. Something additional is נוסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a” /], so that another thing or one more thing is דבר נוסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/דבר-נוסף-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-1.m4a” /]תִּצְטָרֵךְ… To say, I need in Hebrew, it’s either אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-2.m4a” /] if you’re a male or אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-3.m4a” /] if you’re a female. Technically, these words are not verbs – so they don’t move smoothly into the past and future tenses. In the past, it’s הייתי צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תצטרך-4.m4a” /] or…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁפּוֹךְ אוֹר To pour or to spill in Hebrew is the simple verb לשפוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]אוי, שפכתי את החלב! Oh no, I spilled the milk! To shed light in Hebrew is literally to spill light – לשפוך אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/לשפוך-אור-#.m4a” /]הגיעו ראיות חדשות ששופכות אור על…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]לוּחַ מָחִיק The Hebrew word for board or tablet – לוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /] – is as old as the Ten Commandments. More than one board or tablet is לוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]. A whiteboard in Hebrew is לוח מחיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /] – literally, an erasable board. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/לוח-מחיק-#.m4a” /]פעם לא היו לוחות מחיקים, ומורים היו כותבים…