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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]טַיֶּלֶת If you’ve taken our Level 3 class, you know the special Hebrew word for to travel leisurely – לטייל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]. A place meant for such lazy walking – a promenade – is טיילת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/טיילת-#.m4a” /]מהטיילת בארמון הנציב אפשר לראות כמעט את כל ירושלים. From the promenade…
having trouble seeing the print? רַמְקוֹל Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online A word that dots the Hebrew Bible in the most mysterious and esoteric of contexts – as well as mundane ones – is that which means voice or sound – קוֹל ( ). To speak out loud is לְדַבֵּר בְּקוֹל רָם ( …
having trouble seeing the print? פָּרָה Ancient Israel was the nexus of its world, the crossroads of trade routes running from Assyria in the north to Egypt in the south… and from India in the East to Mauretania (ancient Morocco) in the west. A popular mode of long-term transportation in those days was by…
גִּבּוֹר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Holocaust Day is officially termed יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן לַשּׁוֹאָה וְלַגְּבוּרָה – Memorial Day for the Holocaust and the Heroism – in order to commemorate acts of Jewish resistance against the atrocities. While גְּבוּרָה means heroism, a (male) hero or brave one is a גִּבּוֹר . Here’s a Biblical example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעדיף-1.m4a” /]לְהַעֲדִיף The Hebrew word for to prefer is the active-causative להעדיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעדיף-1.m4a” /]. It comes from the root ע.ד.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעדיף-2.m4a” /] meaning surplus: something we prefer has sort of a surplus in our minds over something else. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להעדיף-3.m4a” /]מה את מעדיפה, מרק ירקות או מרק כתום? What do you prefer,…
Correction: In yesterday’s post, I wrote that organized crime is פשע ארגוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-2.m4a” /]. I’m not sure why I wrote that. In any case, the correct term is פשע מאורגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-מאורגן-1.m4a” /]. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-1.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת מִשְׁפָּטִית The Hebrew word for system is מערכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-2.m4a” /], of the root ע.ר.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-3.m4a” /] meaning order. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מערכת-משפטית-4.m4a” /]איזו מערכת…