[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]כֵּהֶה עוֹר חשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark when referring to darkness – the absence of light. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]חשוך פה. It’s dark (in) here. כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /], however, refers to dark as distinguished from a light or bright color, so that כהה עור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark-skinned when referring to a male, while כהת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הַשְׁרָאָה The Hebrew word for inspiration is השראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]ל”ג בעומר הוא יום של השראה. Lag Baomer is a day of inspiration. Likewise, בהשראת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /] is inspired by or with the inspiration of, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הוא כתב את השיר בהשראת סיפור של עגנון. He wrote the song…
אֹשֶׁר There’s the emotion of joy – a momentary state of elation, positive energy, the desire to give and bless. In Hebrew, this joy is שִׂמְחָה (seem-KHAH). And then there’s joy of the long term, a less elated but more constant state of happiness or contentment. This is אֹשֶׁר (OH-shehr), which sounds the same as the word for wealth –…
having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹפָעָה In yesterday’s posting, we encountered a Hebrew word that adds a ת (t) sound at the beginning of a common, general root – in our case, ד.ר.כ (d.r.k), meaning way – to create a more specific word, in our case, תִּדְרוּך (teed-ROOKH), or briefing. This phenomenon – of creating…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /]גּוֹרֵם Some decisions are easy to make. Others are harder: they have several factors one must consider. Each of these factors, in Hebrew, is called a גורם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /]. גורם means literally a cause (it’s a form of the simple פעל verb לגרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/גורם-#.m4a” /] – to cause). What do causes have to do with factors? A factor allows or…