Suppose you’re a high-school student sitting in class (or an employee who’s just come off the weekend), and you’re dozing off.
מַעְיָן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Hebrew name מַעְיָן listen and repeat – given mostly to girls but also to boys – means spring or well. For example: אֵזוֹר בֵּית שְׁאָן נִקְרָא “עֵמֶק הַמַּעְיָנוֹת.” The Beit Shean region is called “The Valley of the Springs.” listen A…
הַעֲצָמָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Everyone likes feeling powerful. And it’s a pleasure to help someone else feel it. The Hebrew word for empowerment is הַעֲצָמָה listen and repeat. It is the noun version of the active-causative verb לְהַעֲצִים listen and repeat– to empower – of the root ע.צ.מ (a.ts.m)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מִתְחַנֵּן! The Hebrew word for to beg or to plead – להתחנן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-2.m4a” /] – goes all the way back to Biblical times. In fact, it appears in the title of last week’s Torah portion – ואתחנן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-3.m4a” /] – and I pleaded. Here’s an example in Modern Hebrew: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתחנן-4.m4a” /]אמא, אני מתחננת, תקני לנו…
מרתק In Ulpan La-Inyan’s Level 3 course, 21-year-old חַגַּי (khah-GAH-ee) tells his date, יִפְעַת (yeef-AHT) all about his trip to Nahal Yehudiya, including the heroic act he performs there. The word is a bit advanced for Level 3, but יפעת could have said, אֵיזֶה סִפּוּר מְרַתֵּק (EHY-zeh see-POOR me-rah-TEK) – What a fascinating…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹפִיעַ Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for a show – מופע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /] (or perhaps its synonym, הופעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]). These words come from the הפעיל verb להופיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /] – to appear, which means to perform. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]הלהקה מופיעה כל יום בעיר אחרת בחוף המזרחי. The band is appearing/performing every day in…
having trouble seeing the print? יְמִינָה, שְׂמֹאלָה Check Out Our Elections Vocab Builder This post will help you understand directions given to you, as well as provide them yourself when asked in Israel. It’s material we empower our students with in our Level 1 class. We saw last week that the Hebrew terms for right and left are יָמִין and שְׂמֹאל, respectively. That’s right and left by themselves. But when…