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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
how to say “overnight” in Hebrew
בִּן לַיְלָה The online front page of one of Israel’s major newspapers, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת (ye-dee-OHT ah-khah-roh-NOHT) reads: יְצִיאַת תּוּנִיסִיָּה: “הָפְכָה לְעִירַאק בִּן לַיְלָה” (ye-tsee-AHT too-NEE-see-yah: “hahf-KHAH le-ee-RAHK been LAH-ee-lah”) – Exodus from Tunisia: “Turned into Iraq overnight.” Here’s the article. To say that something occurs overnight, you’d use the expression, בִּן…
how to say “urgent” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]דָּחוּף While חשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means important, דחוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means urgent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]תחזור אלי מתי שתוכל – זה לא דחוף. Get back to me when you can – it isn’t urgent. דחוף comes from the root ד.ח.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] meaning pushing – something urgent gets “pushed” to the top…
how to say “they died that we might live” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /]בְּמוֹתָם צִיוּוּ לָנוּ אֶת הַחַיִּים Today is יום הזיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /] – Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. At ceremonies all over the country you’ll hear במותם ציוו לנו את החיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/במותם-#.m4a” /] – literally, with their death they commanded us life, similar to the expression in English, they died that we might live. Here’s…