[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]פֵּאָה The Hebrew term for wig (also toupee) is פאה נוכרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /], usually shortened to simply פאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פאה-#.m4a” /]זה לא השיער האמיתי שלו, זאת פאה. That’s not his real hair, it’s a wig. (see full conversation) The word פאה itself refers not only to such a hairpiece,…
מִשְׂרָד Can’t read Hebrew yet? Those who have made aliyah (immigration to Israel) and have had adventures in the bureaucratic jungle, certainly know the word for government ministry – מִשְׂרָד – as in: מִשְׂרַד הָרִשּׁוּי The Ministry of Licensing מִשְׂרַד הָעֲלִיָּה וְהַקְּלִיטָה The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption משרד also refers to the conventional office….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להדביק-#.m4a” /]לְהַדְבִּיק Yesterday we saw the word for glue – דבק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להדביק-#.m4a” /]. The three letters of דבק form a root that finds application in other words as well, including the הפעיל verb להדביק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להדביק-#.m4a” /] – to stick. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להדביק-#.m4a” /]תעשי לי טובה, תדביקי את המודעה הזאת על הלוח. Do me a favor,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]הַמְרָאָה The Hebrew word for takeoff is המראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]שעת ההמראה היא תשע בבוקר. Takeoff time is nine AM. המראה comes from the הפעיל verb להמריא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /] of the root מ.ר.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], a word that appears only once in Biblical Hebrew, and that in the linguistically-obscure (and otherwise…
חַס וְחָלִילָה Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by… This one’s for Katie I don’t think she picked up on the humor in the occurrence, but I had a laugh when someone asked the bus driver tonight whether he would be turning left from Emek Refaim St. onto Masaryk…
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,…