having trouble seeing the print? בְּגִידָה Interact with Your Daily Dose of Hebrew on Facebook! To betray is לִבְגּוֹד, in Hebrew. לבגוד is an active-simple פָּעַל verb, whose root is ב.ג.ד (b.g.d), the same as that for clothing. For example: הַבּוֹגְדִים בִּמְגִילַת אֶסְתֵּר the traitors in the Book of Esther בְּגִידָה, פֵּרוּשָׁהּ הֲפָרַת אֵמוּן. Betrayal means…
לְהִתְרַחֵק Suppose you’re walking in the downtown district in your home town, and you pass by a smelly garbage bin that in Israel we call צְפַרְדְעִים (tse-fahr-de-EEM) – frogs. See why we call them frogs? You might wish to move away from the stench. In Hebrew, to move away from something is לְהִתְרַחֵק מִמַּשֶּׁהו…
אִמָּהוֹת If you’ve been around Israelis, you surely know the word for mom – אמא. But you may be surprised to learn that this term of endearment, אמא, is actually a word in Aramaic, while the Hebrew word for mother is אם. What about multiple mothers? That’s אמהות, as in: כל האמהות באות לקחת את…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
צִמְחוֹנוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צמחונות-1.m4a” /] The Hebrew word for plant – or that which sprouts – is צמח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צמחונות-2.m4a” /]. Thus a person who eats mainly plants is a צמחוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צמחונות-3.m4a” /] if he’s a male and צמחונית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צמחונות-4.m4a” /] if she’s a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צמחונות-5.m4a” /]היא לא אוכלת בשר – היא צמחונית. She doesn’t eat…
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…