מָבוֹךְ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ב.ו.כ (b.w.k) means confusion, so that someone who is נָבוֹךְ listen and repeat (or נְבוֹכָה listen and repeat if she is a female) is confused or perplexed. נבוך and נבוכה also describe someone embarrassed. This root also gives rise to the word for maze…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
לִמְשׁוֹךְ כֶּסֶף listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The verb to draw in English might refer to drawing a picture on canvas, water from a well or money from a machine. Hebrew has different words for each of these. To draw a picture is לְצַיֵּר צִיּוּר listen and repeat. …
לְמוֹפֵת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Passover Seder describes the Exodus as having taken place with signs and wonders – בְּאוֹתוֹת וּבְמוֹפְתִים listen and repeat. A מוֹפֵת listen and repeat is a wonder, something captivating and thus deserving of attention. Modern Hebrew also uses מופת to refer to people deserving attention…
יִצּוּגִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word לְיַצֵּג listen and repeat means to represent or to act on behalf of someone, and מְיַצֵּג listen and repeat is one of the words for representative. For example: רוֹאַת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן שֶׁלִּי הִיא הַמְּיַצֶּגֶת שֵׁלִּי בִּרְשׁוּת הַמִּסִּים. My (female) accountant is my representative at the…
לְעַכֵּל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The basic Hebrew word for to eat is לֶאֱכוֹל listen and repeat, of the root א.כ.ל (a.k.l). A word of similar meaning is to digest – לְעַכֵּל listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb of the similar root ע.כ.ל (a.k.l). In Hebrew, it is used both…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/wife-1.mp3″ /]אִשָּׁה, רַעְיָה The everyday word for wife in Hebrew is אִשָּׁה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/wife-2.mp3″ /] – literally, woman. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/wife-3.mp3″ /]אִשְׁתּוֹ עוֹבֶדֶת בְּהַיי-טֶק. His wife works in high-tech. Indeed, Hebrew jokes about marriage use this word. Then there’s the more complimentary, dignified word – רַעְיָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/wife-4.mp3″ /]. Like אישה, it also…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
אַפְלָיָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew roots that begin in פ.ל (p.l) and פ.ר (p.r), as a rule, have something to do with separation. The root פ.ל.ה (p.l.h) is one of those roots, and it appears most notably in the word for discrimination – אַפְלָיָה listen and repeat(sometimes spelled and pronounced הַפְלָיָה listen and…
שְׂפָתַיִם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw examples of things that come in pairs, and that they get a special ah-yeem ending in Hebrew. Here’s another example – שְׂפָתַיִם listen and repeat, lips. For example: יֵשׁ לָהּ שְׂפָתַיִם אֲדֻמּוֹת. She has red lips. listen Why…
Today’s title with content should have been what’s below. Now you know what tomorrow’s dose will be. מָאתַיִם, אַלְפַּיִם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Yesterday we saw the Hebrew terms for three hundred and three thousand – שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת listen and repeat and שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים listen and repeat, respectively. Higher multiples of those numbers follow a…