how to say “regret” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? חֲרָטָה, לְהִתְחָרֵט  listen and repeat   Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now!    As the new Jewish year approaches, many of us are looking back at this past year with a potpourri of thoughts emotion. If you’re like me, there’s stuff you’re proud of, as…

weekly VIDEO dose of Hebrew – how to say “Columbus discovered America”

  having trouble seeing the print? קוֹלוֹמְבּוּס גִּלָּה אֶת אָמֶרִיקָה   Conversational Hebrew ClassesThis Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now!      this week’s video dose of Hebrew!   by Ami Steinberger, Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew?  Consider making a donation!  

how to say “rebels” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מוֹרְדִים  listen and repeat     Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now!    This Ancient- and Modern-Hebrew word first appears in the Biblical story of אַבְרָם  listen and repeat – Abram (before he was renamed אַבְרָהָם listen and repeat–Abraham) fighting the four kings:   שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת…

how to say “gas mask” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מַסֵּכַת גָּז  listen and repeat     Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now!      The Hebrew word for mask is מַסֵּכָה  listen and repeat. This video explains the word thoroughly.   A gas mask is, in Hebrew מַסֵּכַת גָּז  listen and repeat, or literally, a mask of gas.  …

how to say “to defend oneself” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן, לְהָגֵן עַל עַצְמוֹ  listen     There are two ways to say to protect oneself in Hebrew, both deriving from the root ג.נ.נ (g.n.n), but each to be used in a slightly different way.   1.    לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן  listen and repeat has a defensive, almost passive tone to it. It’s the reflexive-intensive form of…

how to say “affiliate program” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? תָּכְנִית שֻׁתָּפִים  listen and repeat     There isn’t a proper Hebrew term for affiliate, which is someone connected to a particular person or group. So when Israeli businesspeople gave an authentic Hebrew name to what is otherwise called תַּכְנִית אָפִילִיֵּיט  listen and repeat (literally affiliate program), they used what means literally, partners program –…

how to say “a product” in Hebrew

having trouble seeing the print?  מוּצָר  listen and repeat     Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online or in person   There are services (שֵׁרוּתִים –  listen and repeat), and there are products.   The Hebrew word for product is מוּצָר listen and repeat.       An example:   זֶה מוּצָר לֹא יָקָר בִּמְיֻחָד. It’s not an especially expensive product….

how to say “form” in Hebrew

having trouble seeing the print?  טֹפֶס, צוּרָה  listen and repeat     Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online or in person   Translation 1   A form that you’d fill out at the doctor’s office is a טֹפֶס  listen and repeat in Hebrew. It comes from the Greek word τυπος (tupos) meaning something recorded, labeled, the same origin of the English word…

TODAY’S OUR BIRTHDAY – and here’s how to say “thank you” in Hebrew

having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹדָה  listen and repeat   Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online (or in person)     Sign up by tonight at midnight Israel time for a special discount on local and online classes.     Today marks five years since the first Ulpan La-Inyan class of four people took place in my apartment in…