how to say “cheesecake” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 26, 2020May 21, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /]עוּגַת גְּבִינָה

The Hebrew term for cheesecake is עוגת גבינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /] – literally, cake of cheese.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /]בחג השבועות, הרבה יהודים נוהגים לאכול עוגת גבינה.

On the Shavuot holiday, many Jews eat cheesecake.

The word עוגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /], which made its debut in Biblical Hebrew, is related to the word עיגול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /] – circle, since early cakes were baked in a circular shape.

גבינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /] also appears in Biblical Hebrew.

how to say “makes sense” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 17, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הגיוני-1.m4a” /]הֶגְיוֹנִי The basic Hebrew word for to think is לחשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הגיוני-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הגיוני-3.m4a” /]אני חושב שכן. I (a male) think so. Another word for to think that has a more contemplative, meditative quality – to muse – is להגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הגיוני-4.m4a” /]. This word appears as such only in literary contexts – in…

how to say “profession” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 1, 2021July 29, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /]מִקְצוֹעַ, מִשְׁלַח יָד Hebrew has two terms for profession. The one that most people use in day-to-day conversation is מקצוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/משלח-יד-#.m4a” /]הוא צריך ללכת ללמוד מקצוע. He needs to go and learn a profession. מקצוע also refers to a school subject that is not necessarily vocational, such as language….

how to say “depressed” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 23, 2016October 22, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בדיכאון-1.m4a” /]בְּדִכָּאוֹן When I was in graduate school for psychology, whenever I would read about a psychiatric disorder, I would start to see the symptoms in myself. If I was learning about paranoid schizophrenia, I would start imagining that people were stalking me. If it was anxiety, I’d get jittery. And when we learned about depression, my life would…

how to say “sour” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 9, 2022January 7, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]חָמוּץ The word for sour in Hebrew is חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]. It works both physically – מלפפון חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /] is a pickle (literally a sour cucumber) – as well as figuratively: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]למה הפרצוף החמוץ? Why the sour face? A sour taste is often connected to fermentation, such as that of cucumbers becoming…

how to say “physically speaking” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 8, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מבחינה-פיזית-1.m4a” /]מִבְּחִינָה פִיזִית Some words in Hebrew are really easy to learn because they’re basically English. One of those words is פיזיקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מבחינה-פיזית-2.m4a” /] – physics. Likewise, פיזי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מבחינה-פיזית-3.m4a” /] is physical. To turn an adjective into an adverb, English usually tacks on the -ly ending, but Hebrew has several options. In the case of physically, the most common expression…

Weekly Hebrew Review – shades of colors

ByAmi Steinberger April 8, 2016September 3, 2018

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 . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

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