how to say “empowerment” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? הִתְעַמְּלוּת Hebrew Class Starts Sunday In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The wonderful חַג הַפֶּסַח– Passover holiday – comes with lots of festive meals, and the calories build up. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle during and after the holidays, one must exercise in some form or another. While the Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? מְחֻבָּר, מְחֻבֶּרֶת highly recommended for further vocabulary growth in honor of today’s national holiday From the Biblical book of Psalms: יְרוּשָׁלִַם הַבְּנוּיָה כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה לָהּ יַחְדָּו. Built-up Jerusalem is as a city that was joined together with itself. In case we get lost in the obscurity of that statement, the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מרוצה-מזה-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְרֻצֶּה מִזֶּה Suppose you’ve bought a nice, expensive new pair of shoes. The boutique shop where you bought them has stellar customer service, so they call you up and ask whether you’re happy with your purchase. An Israeli such store would ask literally whether you are satisfied or pleased – מרוצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מרוצה-מזה-2.m4a” /] if you’re…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמה-#.m4a” /]כַּמָּה Technically, this word is supposed to be pronounced with an emphasis on the last syllable: כַּמָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמה-#.m4a” /]. But the sweeping majority of Israelis will look at you funny if you try saying it that way in a sentence, instead, put the emphasis on the first syllable: כמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/כמה-#.m4a” /]. The word…
לָקוּם לִתְחִיָּיה In 1949, my grandparents helped found a kibbutz near modern-day Modiin. The founders called it תחיה – basically, resurrection, since this was one of many Jewish settlements rising up in Israel only a few years after near-total destruction in Europe. In the coming years the kibbutz gave way to another agricultural settlement, and…