having trouble seeing the print? רֶקַע highly recommended for further vocabulary growth The word background in English might refer to the visual background of an image or the conceptual background of someone’s past. So too in Hebrew. The Hebrew word for background is רֶקַע. For example: כְּכָל הַנִּרְאֶה, נַחַל עוֹבֵר בָּרֶקַע שֶׁל הַמּוֹנָה לִיזָה. It appears that a riverbed passes through the…
כּוֹשֶׁר At the end of today’s dose, you’ll find an opportunity to boost your fitness in order to help people in Israel with mental disabilities. Even if you just joined Ktzat Ivrit yesterday, you almost certainly know the Hebrew word for that which is fit to be eaten according to Jewish law…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]מִיטּוּב, אִפְּטוּם It’s been customary in the Israeli high-tech field to communicate with colleagues in English, even if they’re all Israelis. I hear that this is changing, but even if it does change, terms like אפטום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /] – a Hebraized version of optimization – will probably stick. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/מיטוב-#.m4a” /]המוצר…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-ברקים-#.m4a” /]סוּפַת בְּרָקִים Hebrew has several words for storm, most notably including סערה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-ברקים-#.m4a” /] and סופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-ברקים-#.m4a” /]. The latter is one used in conjunction with lightning to create סופת ברקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-ברקים-#.m4a” /] – lightning storm. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-ברקים-#.m4a” /]יש בתחזית סופת ברקים – אל תסתובב בחוץ. There’s a lightning storm in the forecast…
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…