[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מְצֹרָף This post isn’t going to talk about attachment in the emotional sense – that’s התקשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] or התחברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /], among other touchy feely options. Rather, we’re here to talk about something attached – מצורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] – to something like an email. It appears in an abbreviation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מצ”ב פירושו “מצורף בזאת.” Matz”av means…
having trouble seeing the print? לְמַצְמֵץ Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The ancient Hebrew word for to peek is לְהָצִיץ , as in: הִנֵּה זֶה עוֹמֵד, אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן הַחַלֹּנוֹת, מֵצִיץ מִן הַחֲרַכִּים (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ב:ט) Here he stands beyond our wall, watching from the windows, peeking…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /]מוֹשֵׁל Perhaps you were expecting a Dose of Hebrew about a president – נשיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /] for a male and נשיאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /] for a female. Sorry to disappoint – this one’s about a governor – מושלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /] for a female and מושל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /] for a male. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושל-#.m4a” /]מושלת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /]בָּא לִי, קוֹרֵץ לִי Instead of אני רוצֶה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] (I want – m) or אני רוצָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] (I want – f), you’re likely to hear Israeli kids saying בא לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /] – I feel like, or literally it comes to me, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/קורץ-לי-#.m4a” /]בא לי עוגה. I feel like (having)…
having trouble seeing the print? רַךְ How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The Torah portion to be read tomorrow around the Jewish world tells that עֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת (eh-ee-NEH-ee leh-AH rah-KOHT) – Leah’s eyes were soft. רכות is the plural form of the word רַך (rahkh), meaning soft or…