how to say “lips” in Hebrew
לִקְרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for to happen is לקרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-1.mp3″ /], a simple verb whose root is ק.ר.ה (k.r.h). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-2.wav” /]מה קרה? What happened? and the informal greeting: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-3.mp3″ /]מה קורה? What’s happening? Since the word קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לקרות-4.mp3″ /] sounds the same as the word for read as in he read –…
having trouble seeing the print? אִי-וַדָּאוּת Human beings have a need for clarity and organization – we seek certainty in order to relax and go about our day. While certainty, in Hebrew, is וַדָּאוּת (listen and repeat), uncertainty is אִי-וַדָּאוּת (listen and repeat). For example: קָשֶׁה אָבָל הֶכְרֵחִי לִחְיוֹת עִם אִי-וַדָּאוּת. It’s difficult but necessary to live with uncertainty. listen…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]לְהַרְחִיב אֳפָקִים We’ve seen that להרחיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] means to expand or to elaborate. A synonym of these is to broaden – also להרחיב in Hebrew. So that if we want to broaden horizons, we say להרחיב אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /], since אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] is more than one אופק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] – horizon. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]צא לטיול…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
דָּת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We’re conducting a survey to help us understand the needs of Hebrew learners like yourself.If you’d take a few minutes to fill out this survey, we’d really appreciate it! You might think that the Hebrew word for religion would be among the most common in the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-1.mp3″ /]לְחַפֵּשׂ בַּנֵּרוֹת Earlier this week we saw a Hebrew expression invoking an entire Biblical experience to say really, really dark – חֹשֶׁךְ מִצְרַיִם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-2.mp3″ /]. Here’s another vivid term, this time for to search meticulously – לְחַפֵּשׂ בַּנֵּרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-1.mp3″ /], literally to search by candlelight or with (the) candles. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-3.mp3″ /]כְּדֵי…