בִּלְשׁוֹן הַמְעָטָה What’s the basic Hebrew word for a little bit? קצת . It also means some, as in: אפשר קצת מים? Can I have some water? Another word for קצת is מעט. It’s more formal, though it does appear in the common phrase עוד מעט – in a little bit (of time). מעט also appears…
גִּבְעָה While a mountain is a הר , a hill is a גבעה For example: הם גרים בראש גבעה, שמשקיפה על ים המלח. They live on the top of a hill, overlooking the Dead Sea. More than one גבעה is גבעות . The word appears in the colorful expression: הבטיחו לו הרים וגבעות. They promised him…
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…
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…
הַנּוֹפְלִים, הַחֲלָלִים In English, we talk about someone falling when they die for a cause. In Hebrew we do the same: הנופלים is one way of saying the fallen. For example: היום אנחנו זוכרים את הנופלים. Today we remember the fallen. Another, more distinctly-Hebrew word for one who has fallen in battle is חלל. For example:…