[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /]כְּרוּבִית The Hebrew word for cabbage is כרוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /], and even though it’s spelled and pronounced the same way as the Biblical כרוב – cherub, the two words are unrelated: כרוב the vegetable comes from Greek, while כרוב the angelic figure first appeared in Middle-Eastern languages. Anyway, since cauliflower grows on a bed…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/כיפת-ברזל-#.m4a” /]כִּיפַּת בַּרְזֶל If you had to deal with hostile neighbors shooting rockets at you from their children’s bedroom, what would you do? Part of Israel’s answer has been to develop the Iron Dome defense system, which has a 90% success rate in intercepting rockets, many of which are fired from Hamas bases in…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּיָד רְחָבָה Watch a demo video of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Register by October 11 to save NIS 200. Languages in general often make use of concrete images to express abstract ideas – we call this figurative language. Here’s a…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן, לְהָגֵן עַל עַצְמוֹ listen There are two ways to say to protect oneself in Hebrew, both deriving from the root ג.נ.נ (g.n.n), but each to be used in a slightly different way. 1. לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן listen and repeat has a defensive, almost passive tone to it. It’s the reflexive-intensive form of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מחאה-שקטה-#.m4a” /]מְחָאָה שְׁקֵטָה Hebrew has a word for protest – מחאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מחאה-שקטה-#.m4a” /], and one for demonstration – הפגנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מחאה-שקטה-#.m4a” /]. The preferred term for peaceful protest follows the English – מחאה שקטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מחאה-שקטה-#.m4a” /], literally a quiet protest. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מחאה-שקטה-#.m4a” /]ההתפרעויות מהולות במחאות שקטות. The riots are mixed with peaceful protests.