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? תַּחֲרוּת Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program The Modern-Hebrew word for competition and competitiveness is תַּחֲרוּת, whose (reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל) verb form – to compete – is לְהִתְחָרוֹת . An example: אוֹבָּמָה וְרוֹמְנִי הִתְחָרוּ בְּתַחֲרוּת צְמוּדָה. Obama and Romney competed in a tight competition. In Modern Hebrew, the words sound benign. But their…
גבורה Given the events of the weekend over here in Israel (see articles in Hebrew and in English), as well as the spirit of חֲנֻכָּה (khah-noo-KAH) – Hanukkah – I thought it appropriate to introduce the Hebrew word for heroism: גְּבוּרָה (ge-voo-RAH). A hero is a גִּבּוֹר (ghee-BOHR), while a heroine is a גִּבּוֹרָה (ghee-boh-RAH). …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]בֹּץ The Hebrew word for mud is בוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בוץ-2.m4a” /]דרכת בבוץ? אתה צריך לנגב רגליים. You (a male) stepped in the mud? You need to wipe your (the) feet. Such a tangible thing as mud also serves as a symbol. Take coffee, for example – if it’s milk and sugar free, we…
גָּאוֹן, גְּאוֹנִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you like Israeli music, you’ve likely come across at least a couple of songs by Yehoram Gaon, such as this one. The name Gaon – גָּאוֹן listen and repeat – means excellence or majesty in Biblical Hebrew, but in Modern Hebrew it means genius. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]אֱמֶת If you’ve got some basic Hebrew or Judaic background, you’re bound to know this word: אמת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /] – truth. It appears in such expressions as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]באמת? Really? and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /]להגיד לך את האמת… To tell you the truth… But do you know how to say truths? It’s אמיתות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמת-#.m4a” /],…