נֶהֱדָר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Like English, Hebrew has lots of words to describe something as great. Some of these are מְצֻיָּן – excellent, מְעֻלֶּה – excellent or of great quality, and נֶהֱדָר – wonderful or glorious. It can also mean beautiful. For example: אַתְּ נִרְאֵת נֶהֱדָר. You…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תתמודדו-1.m4a” /]תִּתְמוֹדְדוּ When people go against the grain or otherwise disturb society’s equilibrium of norms, they tend to elicit negative reactions from others. These people might fold under the pressure, or they might give a message of “deal with it.” The Hebrew expression for this, when speaking to a group of people, is תתמודדו[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-1.m4a” /]צָרוֹת שֶׁל עֲשִׁירִים Some people’s problems – צרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-2.m4a” /] – revolve around not having enough money. Other people have problems because they don’t know what to do with all their money. In Hebrew, these are צרות של עשירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-3.m4a” /] – rich-people problems. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צרות-של-4.m4a” /]לאן לטוס לחופשה – צרות של…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-1.m4a” /]סַיִף, סִיּוּף The Hebrew word for sword is חרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-2.m4a” /], a feminine noun that appears masculine (go figure). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-3.m4a” /]החרב הזאת עתיקה מאוד. This sword is very ancient. But to create a word for fencing, Hebrew borrows from the Aramaic word for sword – סייף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/סיף-5.m4a” /]הוא נרשם לחוג סייף. He registered…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקרא-1.m4a” /]מִקְרָא If you’re familiar with traditional Jewish literature, you probably know the common term for the Bible – תנ”ך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקרא-2.m4a” /], which stands for תורה, נביאים וכתובים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקרא-3.m4a” /] – Torah, Prophets, (Holy) Writings. But you may not be familiar with another term that refers to the Bible… or, more literally, Scripture. The term is מקרא[audioclip…