[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לפצות-פה-#.m4a” /]לִפְצוֹת פֶּה This dramatic expression comes straight from the Bible, where the ground opens up its mouth to swallow up dissidents: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/לפצות-פה-#.m4a” /]וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת פִּיהָ וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם. (במדבר ט”ז, ל’) The earth shall open its mouth and swallow them and all their belongings. (Numbers 16:30) Over time,…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
השקה Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for a kiss – נְשִׁיקָה (ne-shee-KAH). To cause something to kiss – such as making a new boat “kiss” the water for the first time, or launching it – is לְהַשִּׁיק (le-hah-SHEEK). Likewise, the act of launching a new boat, product or service is הַשָּׁקָה (hah-shah-KAH). Launching our…
having trouble seeing the print? בֶּלֶם Get talking… in Hebrew. Our Level 1 course starts Sunday, November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv The more colloquial Hebrew word for the brakes in your car is בְּרֶקְס (breks). That’s because when Hebrew speakers first encountered this accessory to the modern-day vehicle, the automobile, there wasn’t yet a Hebrew word for…
לְהַגְבִּיל אֶת עַצְמוֹ It’s no fun to limit ourselves (no cake today!), but hey, how else are we supposed to grow? (or shrink, in the case of the cake) A border or limit is גבול, as in: השמים הם הגבול. The sky’s the limit. To set up a limit – to limit – is להגביל, so…