having trouble seeing the print? אוֹפַנּוֹעַ Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… The Hebrew root נ.ו.ע (n.w.a) means movement, so that the Modern-Hebrew word מָנוֹע (mah-NOH-ah) means motor – something that gets things moving. by filtran Combine מנוע with the word for the Biblical Hebrew word for wheel – אוֹפַן (oh-FAHN), and you get אוֹפַנּוֹע (oh-FAH-noh-AH) –…
having trouble seeing the print? שְׁתִיָּה, מַשְׁקֶה חָרִיף If you’ve taken our Level 1 course or otherwise have a bit of Hebrew background, you know that the simple פעל verb לִשְׁתּוֹת (leesh-TOHT) means to drink, and perhaps also that שְׁתִיָּה (sheh-tee-YAH) is the generic word for a drink, in Modern Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew,…
having trouble seeing the print? חַד Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for stapler. Another item that might rest on your desk is a pencil sharpener – מְחַדֵּד עֶפְרוֹנוֹת (meh-khah-DED ef-roh-NOHT), literally, a sharpener of pencils, where מחדד means sharpener. by Rilind Hoxha מחדד comes from the root ח.ד.ד (kh.d.d),…
having trouble seeing the print? מְהַדֵּק The Hebrew word for stapler is מְהַדֵּק (meh-hah-DEK), of the Mishnaic-Hebrew root ה.ד.ק (h.d.k) meaning to press; a stapler is a device that presses together pieces of paper. להדק is an active-intensive פיעל verb. Another Modern-Hebrew word of the same root is הֶדֶק (HEH-dek), meaning the trigger of a gun. The Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַשְׁלִיךְ, לְהַקְרִין Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… There are parts of ourselves that we find unpleasant and wish we could forget about. But our unconscious mind doesn’t allow for that, so we end up seeing those parts of ourselves in others. We all do it – it’s…
having trouble seeing the print? צִיּוּר Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. As a child, I loved to draw. So did my Hebrew teacher, my father. So among my first verbs growing up was to draw in English and לְצַיֵּר (leh-tsah-YEHR) in Hebrew. לצייר also means to paint a picture (not a building – that’s…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהָגִיב If you’ve received an email before that you’ve forgotten or neglected to reply to, raise your hand. I, for one, know that you’re not alone. by Coletivo Mambembe To reply or to respond in Hebrew is לְהָגִיב (leh-hah-GHEEV). It can mean to reply to a message or to respond to someone else’s…
having trouble seeing the print? צִנְצֶנֶת Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… Jelly-Bean tasting Manna? In the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the world, Moses instructs Aaron to place a sample of the Manna fallen from heaven into some kind of receptacle (probably a saucer), for future generations of the Children of Israel…
having trouble seeing the print? שׁוֹד Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. by cali.org It’s been in the news the last few days – several bank robberies taking place in different parts of Israel. The Hebrew word for to rob is the simple פעל verb, לִשְׁדּוֹד (leesh-DOHD). A robber is a שׁוֹדֵד (shoh-DED)…
having trouble seeing the print? לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר In English, we describe the wee hours of the morning as, simply, the morning. For example 4am is colloquially called four in the morning. by shaymus22 Hebrew uses a different expression. To mean, four in the morning, in Hebrew, you’d say, אַרְבַּע לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר (AHR-bah leef-NOHT BOH-kehr). This means,…
having trouble seeing the print? מִלָּה יוֹמִית Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… Technically speaking, the word of the day is מִלַּת הַיּוֹם (mee-LAHT hah-YOHM), in Hebrew. It’s an instance of סְמִיכוּת (seh-mee-KHOOT) – grammatical juxtaposition, the kind of structure where in English you’d use the word of to connect two things: so מילת היום is literally, the…