how to say “decoration” in Hebrew
לִמְשׁוֹךְ כֶּסֶף Can’t read Hebrew yet? The verb to draw in English might refer to drawing a picture on canvas, water from a well or money from a machine. Hebrew has different words for each of these. To draw a picture is לְצַיֵּר צִיּוּר . To draw water…
יציאה The Hebrew root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) carries the concept of leaving or exiting. יְצִיאָה (ye-tsee-AH) most often refers to an exit, such as in this photo: But יציאה also refers to an exodus, such as יְצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם (ye-tsee-AHT meets-RAH-yeem – Egypt). Likewise, those who exited a particular land on their way to the…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
To add in Modern Hebrew is להוסיף, a הפעיל verb (in Biblical times they used לספת, a simple verb). For example: תוסיף לי בבקשה קצת טחינה לפלאפל. Add some tahini to my falafel please. Now, this is to add in the general sense. But if we’re talking about addition in the arithmetic sense, the expression is ועוד…
כָּל הַפּוֹסֵל – בְּמוּמוֹ פּוֹסֵל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כל-הפוסל-1-1.mp3″ /] The rabbis of the Talmud taught many great truths through their stories as well as their legal decisions. One such truth that has come into Modern Hebrew is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כל-הפוסל-1-1.mp3″ /]כָּל הַפּוֹסֵל – בְּמוּמוֹ פּוֹסֵל. Whoever disapproves – he disapproves of his own lacking (blemish). In other words, when someone…
having trouble seeing the print? זֶפֶת Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! בּוֹרוֹת הַזֶּפֶת לָה בְּרֵאָה (boh-ROHT hah-ZEH-fet lah-BREH-ah) the La Brea Tar Pits The word for tar appears in next week’s Torah portion as one of the materials which seals the floating basket of baby Moses. The word in Biblical as…