how to say “antisemitism” in Hebrew
מִשְׁמַעַת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Today, Israelis and Jews around the world pay tribute to those who fell defending the Jewish homeland, as well as those who were killed in acts of terror against it. A key trait for good soldiering is discipline – in Hebrew, מִשְׁמַעַת listen and repeat. This…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]לִנְעֹל נַעֲלַיִם Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for to lock is לנעול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]. Well, it turns out that לנעול also means to wear or to put on… when speaking about shoes. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/לנעול-נעליים-#.m4a” /]ילדים, נעלתם נעליים? Kids, have you put on (your) shoes? I’m not 100% sure the two לנעולs are…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַעֲרִיץ brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! Those steeped in Jewish liturgy will be familiar with today’s entry. לְהַעֲרִיץ (leh-hah-ah-REETS) means to admire or to praise, or to otherwise hold in high esteem. It appears in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-1.m4a” /]קְלָלָה The Hebrew word for blessing is ברכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-2.m4a” /]. Its opposite, a curse, is קללה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-3.m4a” /]ברדיו שומעים רק שירים עם קללות. On the radio (you) hear only music with cursing (curses). To curse is the active-intensive פיעל verb לקלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-4.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קללה-5.m4a” /]לא כדאי לקלל – הקללה…
לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ If you know some basic Hebrew (surely if you’ve taken Level 1 of our program), you know how to say he is walking – הוּא הוֹלֵך (hoo hoh-LEKH). To say he is wandering, you’d use הוּא מִתְהַלֵּך (hoo meet-hah-LEKH). This is a reflexive התפעל (heet-pah-EL) usage of the root ה.ל.כ. In Modern Hebrew,…