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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/תהיה-בקשר-#.m4a” /]תִּהְיֶה בְּקֶשֶׁר You’ve just had a good chat with an old friend. As you’re about to part, you want to express your desire to continue being close, not letting time and distance get in the way of your relationship. You might say in English be in touch or stay in touch. In Hebrew you’d say…
שַׂקִּית Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew has different words for the various types of bags, but we’ll focus here on the ones you find at (or bring to) the supermarket or the department store. The Modern-Hebrew word for this modern invention is שַׂקִּית . The word derives from the Biblical…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-1.mp3″ /]אֶזְרָח וָתִיק On buses throughout Israel you’ll find placards stating: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-2.mp3″ /] stand up in the presence of the aged This phrase taken right out of the Bible uses the word שֵׂיבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-3.mp3″ /], referring specifically to hair that has gone white, and generally to those who typically bear white…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-1.m4a” /]לְהַצְדִּיק If you’ve ever been to a synagogue, you’re sure to know the word for charity – צדקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-2.m4a” /]. This word comes from the root צ.ד.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצדיק-3.m4a” /] meaning justice: someone who gives charity is doing an act of justice. To justify – to cause justice, so to speak – is the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /]פֵּרוֹת הָעוֹנָה If you go to the שוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /] – marketplace – in Israel these days, you’ll find the most delicious oranges – תפוזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /] and clementines – קלמנטינות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /]. These are among פירות העונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /] – the season’s fruits. Beyond the citrus, we have: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/פירות-העונה-#.m4a” /]תפוחים ותותים שניהם פירות…
[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תיאוריה-#.m4a” /]תֵּיאוֹרְיָה, תּוֹרָה Israelis generally refer to a theory by borrowing the foreign word – תיאוריה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תיאוריה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/תיאוריה-#.m4a” /]לא ברור איך התרנגולת נכנסה לחצר שלנו, אבל יש לי תיאוריה. It’s unclear how the chicken got into our yard, but I have a theory. But when referring to a…