how to say “about us” in Hebrew
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…
לְהָכִיל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to contain is לְהָכִיל listen and repeat, an active-causative verb of the root כ.ו.ל (k.w.l) meaning all: to contain is to have the ability to include all different things inside oneself. For example: מוּצָר זֶה מֵכִיל גְּלוּטֶן. This product contains gluten. listen …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אַלְפַּיִים The Hebrew word for one thousand is אלף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /]אלף תודות על המתנה הנפלאה! A thousand thanks for the wonderful gift! Likewise, three thousand is שלושת אלפים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], using the masculine-plural ים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /] ending. But what about two thousand? That’s אלפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a” /], which uses the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/אלפיים-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להחלים-#.m4a” /]לְהַחְלִים You may know a Hebrew wish for someone to get better from an illness: רפואה שלמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להחלים-#.m4a” /] – literally, a complete healing. There’s another expression more commonly used in Israel today: החלמה מהירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להחלים-#.m4a” /] – literally, a speedy recovery. החלמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להחלים-#.m4a” /] comes from the הפעיל verb להחלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להחלים-#.m4a” /],…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /]אֲבַטִּיחַ This word appears already in Biblical Hebrew, as אבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-1.m4a” /] – watermelon – native to southern Africa, was cultivated in Egypt and eaten by the People of Israel. In researching the word, I spotted the root ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-2.m4a” /], which normally means safety as the word ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אבטיח-3.m4a” /] – security. I started pondering possible…