having trouble seeing the print? הַכְּלָלִים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion(s) to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over (in Israel, בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee, and abroad בְּהַר-בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-HAHR-beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee) feature various rules given to the People of Israel to be kept as they enter their promised land, as well as the consequences that…
having trouble seeing the print? אֹרֵחַ Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program video version! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world features several models of hosting, from Abraham’s open tent to the gripping story of Sodom and Gomorrah, in which angels disguised as passers-by herald the…
נאור A couple of years ago I worked with a man named נָאוֹר (nah-OHR), who runs a non-profit organization in Tel Aviv. I thought about it, looked it up to confirm, and discovered that his name indeed means enlightened. The female version of the word/name is נְאוֹרָה (ne-oh-RAH). The word/name is actually a…
לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Exercise is particularly gratifying when we sweat, because this proves to ourselves that we’ve actually worked out. At least that’s my experience. The Hebrew word for to sweat is לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-causative verb of the root ז.י.ע (z.y.a). For example: …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-1.m4a” /]דּוֹבֵר So far this week we’ve seen various meanings of the root ד.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-2.m4a” /]. The better known of these meanings is speech, as in the words לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-3.m4a” /] – to speak, דיבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-4.m4a” /] – speaking or speech, etc. A speaker or a spokesperson is a דובר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דובר-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male and a…