having trouble seeing the print? נְקֻדַּת מַבָּט listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us The most commonly-used Hebrew term for perspective or point of view is נְקֻדַּת מַבָּט listen and repeat. The term means literally point of view: נקודת listen and repeat is the form of נְקֻדָּה listen and repeat – point – when connected to another noun…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /]הַקָּדוֹשׁ בְּיוֹתֵר, הֲכִי קָדוֹשׁ The Hebrew word for holy is קדוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically masculine, and קדושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically feminine. For example, you may have heard this in synagogue: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /]אמת תורתנו הקדושה! True is our holy Torah! To say that something is the holiest or the most holy, you’ve…
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…
having trouble seeing the print? סְתָו There’s still room in our post-holidays classes. What’s your conversational-Hebrew level? Some places in the world have four distinct seasons: summer, fall, winter, spring. But in regions such as Israel, there really was no need in ancient times for four names, since there were times when it…
לִבְכּוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Sometimes it’s appropriate just to cry. The Hebrew word for to cry is לִבְכּוֹת listen and repeat, an active-simple verb of the root ב.כ.ה (b.kh.h). As the last letter of the root is a ה (h – learn to read Hebrew) – a weak letter…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]לִבְלוֹעַ The Hebrew word for to swallow is לבלוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]קשה לו לבלוע כדורים. It’s hard for him to swallow pills. Like in English, לבלוע can also be used figuratively, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/לבלוע-#.m4a” /]קשה לבלוע את המצב החדש הזה. It’s hard to swallow this new situation. לבלוע is…