[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]קְשָׁיִים If you know some basic Hebrew, you surely know the word for hard or difficult – קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]היה לי יום קשה. I had a hard day. The word for difficulty or hardship is קושי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /], but it’s more often used in the plural קשיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/קשיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]קַטְלָן Less commonly called אורקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] – orca, a killer whale, in Hebrew, is לוויתן קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] or simply קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /], which comes from the Aramaic root ק.ט.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] meaning kill (לוויתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] means whale). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]השנה נצפה לוויתן קטלן לראשונה מול חופי ישראל. This…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-1.m4a” /]דְּבוֹרָה While Hebrew nouns are largely categorized as masculine or feminine, some words are the same for both genders. One example I’ve used several times on this blog is אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-2.m4a” /] – person. This word is masculine, but applies equally to males and females: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-3.m4a” /]היא אדם נחמד. She is a nice person. Occasionally, you’ll…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-1.m4a” /]לְאוֹתֵת The Biblical-Hebrew word for sign is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-2.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-3.m4a” /]אות היא ביני וביניכם (שמות ל”א י”ג) It is a sign between me and you (Exodus 31:13) אות also means letter, but in the plural, it’s אותיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-4.m4a” /], whereas אות meaning signal is אותות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-5.m4a” /] in the plural. For example:…