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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /]הַבְרָקָה When one has a stroke of brilliance, it’s like a light bulb has suddenly lit up… or a bolt of lightning – ברק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /] – has hit. Thus the Hebrew word for stroke of brilliance is הברקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/הברקה-#.m4a” /]יש לי הברקה! I have a stroke of brilliance!…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]בֵּית דְּפוּס A house in Hebrew is בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], while many houses are בתים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]. Printing is דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], a word derived from the Greek τυπος (tupos). So a printing house or house of printing is בית דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]יש בית דפוס פה במתחם? Is…
נורה חֲנֻכָּה (Hannukah) is coming up this week, so we’re gearing for the light. Here’s how to say light bulb in Hebrew: נוּרָה (noo-RAH). It’s related to the word for candle, נֵר (nehr).
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-1.m4a” /]מֶרְחָב אִישִׁי If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for street – רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-2.m4a” /]. This word’s root ר.ח.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-3.m4a” /] means wide, so that it also forms the basis of the word for a space, מרחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-4.m4a” /], a masculine word. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-5.m4a” /]בכפרים יש מרחבים פתוחים. In the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /]לִפְרוֹק לפרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /], a simple verb, means to unload. Likewise, פריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /] means unloading. so that an unloading and loading zone is אזור פריקה וטעינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /] (where טעינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /] means loading). לפרוק refers to both physical and emotional unloading (venting), as well as to decompressing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לפרוק-#.m4a” /]כיף אחרי יום…