listen and repeat – when they created tailored a word for this invention of modern times. having trouble seeing the print? מַסֵּכַת גָּז listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now! The Hebrew word for mask is מַסֵּכָה listen and repeat. This video explains the word thoroughly. A gas mask is, in Hebrew מַסֵּכַת גָּז listen and repeat, or literally, a mask of gas. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]מוּפְשָׁט The Hebrew verb לפשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb) is to remove a piece of clothing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]הוא פשט את המעיל ואז התיישב. He took of his (the) coat and then sat down. Something simple – devoid of any extraneous details – is פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…
סַפָּק, סַפָּקִית Hear these words pronounced If you have spent some time in Israel, you likely have come across one of the ways of saying “enough” – מַסְפִּיק (mahs-PEEK). The root of this word is ס.פ.ק (s.p.k). Someone who supplies a product or provides a service fulfills a need or want, so that the recipient can…
having trouble seeing the print? רַמְזוֹר brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! Yesterday we probed the Hebrew expression, דַּי לַחֲכִּימָא בִּרְמִיזָא (DAH-ee lah-khah-KEE-mah beer-MEE-zah), an equivalent of the English, a word to the wise is sufficient. The Aramaic word רְמִיזָא (reh-MEE-zah, or classically,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת In Hebrew, an acronym (letters that stand for words, such as CIA) is ראשי תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] – literally, heads of words, where תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] is a Mishnaic word for words. Hebrew is full of ראשי תיבות, which can be frustrating: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]ראשי תיבות לפעמים מרגישים כמו שפה בפני עצמה. Acronyms sometimes…