10 Hebrew words to get you through the coronavirus

ByAmi Steinberger
These ten words and terms will help you understand what they’re talking about on the Israeli news. 1. בהלה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /] - panic The Hebrew word for panic in the social sense is בהלה[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /]. It comes from the root ב.ה.ל[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/corona-#.m4a" /] meaning disquiet, a root that appears in the Book of Esther:...

how to say “printing house” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]בֵּית דְּפוּס A house in Hebrew is בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], while many houses are בתים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]. Printing is דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], a word derived from the Greek τυπος (tupos). So a printing house or house of printing is בית דפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/בית-דפוס-#.m4a” /]יש בית דפוס פה במתחם? Is…

how to say “a complex” in Hebrew

how to say “a complex” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מתחם-#.m4a” /]מִתְחָם A few weeks ago we saw the Hebrew word for complex meaning complicated in a good way: מורכב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מתחם-#.m4a” /]. But when you want to refer to a complex as a place, the word is מתחם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מתחם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מתחם-#.m4a” /]מתחם התחנה בירושלים הפך למקום בילוי לכל המשפחה. The Station…

how to say “places of entertainment” in Hebrew

how to say “places of entertainment” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /]מְקוֹמוֹת בִּלּוּי The Hebrew word בילוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /] means literally spending time, but it also means having a good time. It comes from the פיעל verb לבלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a” /]בילינו את הערב במסעדה טובה. We spent the evening at a good restaurant. A place of entertainment is מקום בילוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/מקומות-בילוי-#.m4a”…

Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

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…

תשאל את המים – Ask the Water

ByAmi Steinberger
Yuval Dayan [yikes-mailchimp form="1" description="1" submit="Subscribe Free"] Play the video, and type what you hear. Show me the Hebrew! שלחת לי רק חצאים זהירים ממך אז אני כל כך פחדתי לשבור את כל מה שגם ככה לא בא אליי שלם אמרת לי רק: ״תניחי עליי״ כמו ילד בגשם ראשון אתה חיכית כמה לטיפותי שיבחרו רק...
how to say “working together” in Hebrew

how to say “working together” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]עוֹבְדִים בְּצַוְתָּא The generic and literal expression for working together is עובדים ביחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /]אנחנו עובדים ביחד כבר עשר שנים. We’ve been working together already for ten years. A more colorful expression is עובדים בצוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], where צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/עובדים-בצוותא-#.m4a” /], an Aramaic word, means togetherness. For example:…