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…
נוֹחַ listen to this word pronounced This one’s for Abi S, who asked to know the difference between comfortable and convenient in Hebrew. Truth is, we use the same word for both: נוֹח (NOH-ahkh). For example, you could say either: נוֹחַ לִי עַל הַסַּפָּה (NOH-ahkh lee ahl hah-sah-PAH) – I’m comfortable (literally, it’s comfortable for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲשִׂיַּת הַיַּיִן Such a beloved item among people, it’s no surprise that the word for wine is similar in many languages. In Hebrew, it’s יין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]. Here’s a Biblical example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]ויין ישמח לבב אנוש. (תהלים ק”ד, ט”ו) And wine gladdens the human heart. (Psalms 104:15) The word for industry is תעשייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְפִּיץ To jump, in Hebrew, is לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to bounce – or to cause something to jump – is להקפיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. But this הפעיל verb has additional meanings including to make someone angry (to cause their blood pressure to jump), and to give someone a ride (to bounce them from one place to another,…
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…