[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-1.m4a” /]אַלְחוּטִי I imagine that this post will be passe in a few years, when wired connections may be a thing of the past. But it’s relevant now, and that’s what matters to you. A wire or thread in Hebrew is a חוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-2.m4a” /], as in the Biblical-Hebrew verse from קהלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אלחוטי-3.m4a” /] – Ecclesiastes: [audioclip…
שְׁאִיפוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The English word aspiration finds its roots in the Latin word spirare – to breathe. Likewise, the Hebrew word for to aspire is the same as that of to inhale – the active-simple verb לִשְׁאוֹף listen and repeat. And an aspiration is a שְׁאִיפָה listen and repeat. For example: …
having trouble seeing the print? כֶּלֶב יָם highly recommended for further vocabulary growth If you’re up for a challenge and you like to read about animals, check out this Ynet article about Israeli wildlife photography. Warning – some pictures are not suitable for vegetarians. The first animal depicted in the article is a leopard seal,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /]שָׁנִים עַל גַּבֵּי שָׁנִים Hebrew’s version of years and years is שנים על גבי שנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /] – literally, years on the backs of years. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /]לקח לו שנים על גבי שנים, אבל בסוף הוא גמר לכתוב את הספר. It took him years and years, but in the end he finished…
having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁחָה Brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan The Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the world mentions the high priest upon whose head the anointment oil has been poured – אֲשֶׁר יוּצַק עַל רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה (ah-SHEHR yoo-TSAHK ahl roh-SHOH SHEH-men hah-meesh-KHAH). by li-penny The word משחה means anointment, cream which is…