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how to say “it will be possible” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]יִהְיֶה אֶפְשָׁר The word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] means it’s possible, as well as one may, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]אפשר להיכנס? May I come in? But what if you want to say that something was possible or will be possible? Just add a word for was: היה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /] ( if what was possible is feminine, הייתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/יהיה-אפשר-#.m4a” /]) …or…

how to say “presidency” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  נְשִׂיאוּת  listen and repeat   Can’t read Hebrew yet?        Tomorrow, the Israeli Knesset will elect a new president to represent the Jewish State to the world. The Hebrew word for president is נָשִׂיא  listen and repeat if he’s a male and נְשִׂיאָה  listen and repeat if she’s a female. The word comes from the root נ.שׂ.א (n.s.a) meaning lifting: the president is…

Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

how to say “to signal” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-1.m4a” /]לְאוֹתֵת The Biblical-Hebrew word for sign is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-2.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-3.m4a” /]אות היא ביני וביניכם (שמות ל”א י”ג) It is a sign between me and you (Exodus 31:13) אות also means letter, but in the plural, it’s אותיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-4.m4a” /], whereas אות meaning signal is אותות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-5.m4a” /] in the plural. For example:…

how to say “mountain range” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-1.m4a” /]רֶכֶס הָרִים The Alps, the Carpathians and the Himalayas are all mountain ranges. In Hebrew, each is a רכס הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-1.m4a” /], where רכס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-2.m4a” /] means range and הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-3.m4a” /] are mountains. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-4.m4a” /]גם הרכמל נחשב רכס הרים. The Carmel is also considered a mountain range. Mountain ranges are רכסי הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-5.m4a” /].

how to say “dryer” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? מְיַבֵּשׁ     Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat     This one’s for Shimon. Last week I introduced the Hebrew term for washing machine – מְכוֹנַת כְּבִיסָה (meh-khoh-NAHT keh-vee-SAH), where מכונת is the construct state of the word מְכוֹנָה – machine (meh-khoh-NAH).   The machine that dries…