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A Hebrew Glossary for the Olympics

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  [audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /]הָאוֹלִימְפִּיָּאדָה The Olympics 1. האולימפיאדה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] - The Olympics The connection between the English Olympics and the Hebrew אולימפיאדה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] is obvious. But what is that יאדה-[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] ending? Turns out it comes from Greek, and denotes a festival: The Olympics are certainly one. 2. המשחקים האולימפיים[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/olympics-#.m4a" /] -...
how to say “to kill” in Hebrew

how to say “to kill” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לַהֲרוֹג Can’t read Hebrew yet? Here’s one of the most ancient of words in the Hebrew language, going back to that primeval account of a brother in rage, the story of Cain and Abel.   לַהֲרוֹג  means to kill.    For example:   הַסַּרְטָן הָרַג אֹתָהּ. The cancer killed her.   and   לַהֲרוֹג וְלִרְצוֹחַ…

daily video – how to say “family trip” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio, start playing the video and then click the settings icon at the bottom-right of the video and change the playback speed. תמליל של הכתוביות בעברית אהלן חברים יקרים הטיולים המשפחתיים שלי בילדות היו בעיקר בדרום מערב ארצות הברית כי אני מלוס אנג'לס הרי אז היינו נוסעים ללאס וגאס ולגרנד קניון,...

the sun also (?) over Jerusalem

ByAmi Steinberger

זריחה   When I was fourteen, I spent the school year with my family in Raanana, Israel. On יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן (yohm hah-zee-kah-ROHN – Memorial Day), I was hooked on the country. A few weeks later, on יוֹם יְרוּשָׁלַים (yohm yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem –Jerusalem Day), I traveled with my youth movement to Jerusalem, where, at one in the…

how to say “air” in Hebrew

how to say “air” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /]אֲוִויר The Hebrew word for air – אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – is borrowed from the Greek (ἄηρ = aer). It appears in such phrases as מזג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – weather, מיזוג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – air conditioning and לעשות שמיניות באוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – doing figure eights in the air (same idea as jumping through hoops in…