how to say “a spring” in Hebrew
עֲלֵה תְּאֵנָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? A leaf in Hebrew is עָלֶה listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ הַרְבֶּה עָלִים עַל הָאֲדָמָה. There are lots of leaves on the ground. listen A fig leaf is עֲלֶה תְּאֵנָה listen and repeat, both in the literal sense as well as in the sense borrowed…
having trouble seeing the print? יְמָנִי, שְׂמֹאלָנִי Check Out Our Elections Vocab Builder With the Israel elections coming up in less than a week, you’ll be seeing some handy election-related Daily Doses over the next few days. The Hebrew word for right as in on the right is יָמִין, while the word for left is שְׂמֹאל. For example: הוּא…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוצרי-חשמל-1.m4a” /]מוּצָרֵי חַשְׁמַל Suppose you’re in an Israeli department store, and you want to buy a vacuum cleaner. You might ask for the electronics section, using either אלקטרוניקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוצרי-חשמל-2.m4a” /] or מוצרי חשמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוצרי-חשמל-1.m4a” /] – literally, electronic products. When you ask the attendant, you might hear: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מוצרי-חשמל-3.m4a” /]אפשר למצוא שואב אבק במחלקת מוצרי החשמל. You can…
מִבְחָן, בְּחִינָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? English has two words for that event that fills students with anticipation or dread – test and exam. Hebrew does too. מִבְחָן listen and repeat and בְּחִינָה listen and repeat, both of the root ב.ח.נ (b.kh.n), are more or less synonymous. They do have subtle…