how to say “the international community” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ביתי-1.m4a” /]בֵּיתִי If you’ve had even minimal contact with Hebrew or the Jewish world, the word בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ביתי-2.m4a” /] (in the construct state, pronounced beit) probably sounds familiar to you. It means house or home. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ביתי-3.m4a” /]ברוכים הבאים לבית שלי. Welcome to my home. By extension, something homemade is ביתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ביתי-1.m4a” /] in the masculine and ביתית[audioclip…
לשמח The Hebrew word for happy is שָׂמֵחַ (sah-MEH-ah), or שְׂמֵחָה (smeh-HAH) for a female who is happy. To make someone else happy is לְשַׂמֵּחַ (le-sah-MEH-ah). For example, it’s a mitzvah לְשַׂמֵּחַ חָתָן וְכַלָּה (le-sah-MEH-ah hah-TAHN ve-khah-LAH) – to cause a groom and bride to be happy. Play today’s dose of Hebrew below!Be sure to…
עֵדָה, קְהִלָּה, קְהִלִּיָּה listen to these words pronounced There are small communities and there are large communities. There are internet communities and there are multinational communities. Two Biblical Hebrew roots generate several Modern Hebrew words to cover all these bases: ק.ה.ל (k.h.l) and ע.ד.ה (a.d.h). The most common word for community refers to the…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-1.m4a” /]בֵּית זִקּוּק The letters כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-2.m4a” /] and ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-3.m4a” /] sound alike in Modern Hebrew, when the כ is hard. In ancient times they sounded different, but similar. Sometimes meanings of roots and words are similar when in one root there’s a כ and in the other there’s a ק. One such…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-1.m4a” /]עוֹלָם כְּמִנְהָגוֹ נוֹהֵג A literal translation of the world keeps on turning is העולם ממשיך להסתובב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-2.m4a” /]. But a more ancient expression not translated from English, appearing in the Talmud, is עולם כמנהגו נוהג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-1.m4a” /] – the world conducts itself as its custom. Broken down: עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-3.m4a” /] – world -כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עולם-כמנהגו-נוהג-4.m4a” /] – as מנהגו[audioclip…