how to say “a spring” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? הַסְלָמָה Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program this week’s video In light of this past week’s events in southern Israel and Gaza, coupled with the appearance of the mystical, prophetic Jacob’s ladder – סֻלַּם יַעֲקֹב – appearing in the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-1.m4a” /]אָחִי In Biblical Hebrew, adding an ee sound to the end of a word means that that thing is mine. For example, ביתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-2.m4a” /] is my house – my בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-3.m4a” /] (house). In Modern Hebrew, we tend to use שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-4.m4a” /] instead to express possession, so that my house is הבית שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-5.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /]קוֹפְצָנִי You may know the Hebrew word for to jump – לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-2.m4a” /], also jumping. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-3.m4a” /]לא לקפוץ מהגג! No jumping from the roof! A jumpy person, for better or for worse, is קופצני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male and קוצפנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-4.m4a” /] if she’s a female. קופצני also applies…
לְשַרְיֵן listen to this word pronounced First of all, a correction: The Modern Hebrew word for jet lag – יַעֶפֶת (yah-EH-fet) comes from the root י.ע.פ (y.a’.f), meaning flight. It doesn’t come from the acrobatic linguistic act I described the other day. Thanks for the tip, Larry. Now for today’s dose… The…
having trouble seeing the print? מִפְגָּשׁ listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… Also in Modiin! REGISTER NOW! See review material at the end of today’s dose! Last week we defined the Hebrew word מִפְגָּשׁ listen and repeat as referring to an informal meeting or a gathering of friends. There’s another, more dramatic meaning to the word: encounter. …