צְמִיחָה We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Perhaps you’re familiar with the Hebrew word for plant – the kind you might find in your garden: צֶמַח (TSEH-mahkh). The growth of such a plant is called צְמִיחָה (tseh-mee-KHAH). The word צמיחה…
חֻרְשָׁה Says Wikipedia, “A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others.” When I hear the word thicket I think Bambi. Anyway, a thicket or a grove in Hebrew is a חורשה (khoor-SHAH). And in Jerusalem’s חֻרְשַׁת הַיָּרֵח (khoor-SHAHT hah-yah-REH-ahkh) –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עייפים-אך-מרוצים-#.m4a” /]עֲיֵיפִים אַךְ מְרוּצִּים This is an expression you’ll hear from people who are happy with their demanding careers, or parents thrilled to have a new baby who keeps them up at night: עייפים אך מרוצים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עייפים-אך-מרוצים-#.m4a” /] – literally, (we’re) tired but happy. Even though the expression is in the plural, a single…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]לוּ”ז The acronym לו”ז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /] is short for לוח זמנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /] – literally a timetable. This is the Hebrew word for a schedule. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]הלו”ז שלי מלא בפגישות מיותרות. My schedule is filled with unnecessary meetings. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]אנחנו נתאים את קורס העברית הפרטי שלך ללו”ז שלך. We will match…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]עִיצּוּב To design, in Hebrew, is the פיעל verb לעצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]. Its noun form is עיצוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /]היא למדה עיצוב פנים בבצלאל, בירושלים. She studied interior design at Bezalel, in Jerusalem. Even though the root of these words ,ע.צ.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/עיצוב-#.m4a” /], has the same letters as the…