Ktzat Ivrit Expansion Project
Founder and CEO, Ulpan La-Inyan
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]אֲרִיזָה With חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah) is full swing and the Christian holidays coming soon, gifts are on people’s minds. You may know the Hebrew word for gift – מתנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-3.m4a” /]. But do you know the word for packaging – אריזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]? The word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-4.m4a” /]כשקונים מוצר, משלמים גם על…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חמלה-#.m4a” /]רַחֲמִים, חֶמְלָה If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you probably know the word רחמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חמלה-#.m4a” /] – mercy and לרחם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חמלה-#.m4a” /] – to have mercy. A similar word you may know is חמלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חמלה-#.m4a” /] – compassion, while לחמול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/חמלה-#.m4a” /] is to show compassion. While in religious contexts the original meaning of רחמים remains, today,…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]מְדֻיָּק The Hebrew word מדויק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] means literally accurate or precise. It’s related to the word for grammar – דקדוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /], which is the systematic, mathematical, more precise side of a language. It’s also related to בדיוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] – the word for exactly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]הצלף יורה באופן מדויק ביותר. The sniper…
חַיַּת מַחְמָד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-1.mp3″ /] While חיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-2.wav” /] is the generic Hebrew word for animal, חית מחמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-1.mp3″ /] is a pet – literally, a precious animal. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-3.mp3″ /]אני גר ליד חנות מזון לחיות מחמד. I live near a pet food shop (a shop of food for pets). Some other more specific kinds of חיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חית-מחמד-4.mp3″ /]…