how to say “caveman” in Hebrew
מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /] I’m excited for Jurassic World, a sequel to Jurassic Park ten years in the making. Some describe dinosaurs – in Hebrew, דִּינוֹזָאוּרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-2.mp3″ /] – as monsters. The Hebrew word for monster is מִפְלֶצֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-1.mp3″ /], a word that appears once in Biblical Hebrew (מְלָכִים א’, פֶּרֶק ט”ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מפלצת-3.mp3″ /] – I Kings,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]יִיחוּדִי מיוחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] means special, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]היא אישה מיוחדת. She’s a special woman. The word’s root is י.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /], closely related to א.ח.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /] meaning one. ייחודי, from the same root, means unique. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ייחודי-#.m4a” /]כל אחד יקבל סיסמה ייחודית. Everyone will receive a unique password.
מֻשְׁלַם Late-summer conversational Hebrew courses starting in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Raanana August 28 – check them out! Nobody’s perfect. But the weather can be, as it’s been the past few days in Jerusalem. The Modern Hebrew word for perfect is מֻשְׁלַם (moosh-LAHM). It’s an adjective deriving from the passive-causative verb…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /]קָרוֹב The Hebrew word for close – קרוב [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /] in the masculine – can refer to emotional closeness just as it does to physical. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-2.m4a” /] פעם היינו מאוד קרובים אחד לשני. Once we were very close to one another. קרוב can also refer to a relative, though people…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]קַו אוֹטוֹבּוּס How do you say line in Hebrew? Depends on what you’re talking about. A line of items placed physically one after the other is a שורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. A line you have to wait in at the bank is a תור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /]. And a line of production… or of a bus is קו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/קו-אוטובוס-#.m4a” /],…