לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Exercise is particularly gratifying when we sweat, because this proves to ourselves that we’ve actually worked out. At least that’s my experience. The Hebrew word for to sweat is לְהָזִיעַ listen and repeat. It’s an active-causative verb of the root ז.י.ע (z.y.a). For example: …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-1.m4a” /]לְהַסְבִּיר The Modern Hebrew word for to explain – להסביר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-1.m4a” /] – comes from the Aramaic root ס.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-2.m4a” /] meaning thinking. Hebrew takes the root and plugs it into the active-causative הפעיל verb form. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/להסביר-3.m4a” /]אתה קולט אותי, או שאני צריך להסביר? Do you (a male) get me, or do…
having trouble seeing the print? פָּרָה listen and repeat 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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]צֶוֶת The word for team or staff is צוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]אני מאוד גאה בצוות המורים שלנו. I’m really proud of our teaching staff. Note that although it has a ת ending, צוות is a masculine noun, so that a large staff is צוות גדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]. צוות comes from the Aramaic צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הבא-1.m4a” /]הַבָּא If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the Hebrew word for to come – לבוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הבא-2.m4a” /], a simple hollow verb of the root ב.ו.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הבא-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הבא-4.m4a” /]אתם רוצים לבוא איתנו? Do you guys want to come with us? Using this word, Hebrew expresses the idea of next…