how to say “eye contact” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לאפות-1.m4a” /]לֶאֱפוֹת If you’ve around a Level 2 or Level 3 of Hebrew, you likely know the word for to cook – לבשל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לאפות-2.m4a” /]. But perhaps you didn’t know the word for to bake – לאפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לאפות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לאפות-3.m4a” /]אמא אופה כל שבוע עוגיות לכבוד שבת. Mom bakes cookies every…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /]רוּחַ גַּבִּית Sometimes an airplane arrives at its destination early thanks to a tailwind – wind that propels it forward. Hebrew refers to such wind as רוח גבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /] – backwind, which can be either physical wind good for commercial flights, or an injection of inspiration. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/רוח-גבית-#.m4a” /]האוהדים נתנו לי רוח גבית…
Learn Hebrew Online: All That You Need to Know The online world provides us news and entertainment. But now, it is also a medium where we can learn virtually anything. Learning a new language is so easy, when you have so many options to choose from. But when you are learning a language that possesses…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]לֵב שָׁבוּר You may know the Hebrew word for heart – לב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]. You may also know the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /] – to break. So a broken heart is לב שבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]מי לא סבל פעם מלב שבור? Who hasn’t suffered once from a broken heart? Likewise, heartbreak is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]מִקּוּר חוּץ Yesterday we saw that the Hebrew word for source is מקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]. Now, that’s source the noun. What about to source? That’s the פיעל verb למקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /], while sourcing is מיקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]. What about outsourcing? That’s מיקור חוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מיקור-חוץ-#.m4a” /]מיקור חוץ היא שיטת חיסכון נפוצה ביותר בעידן…
לרדוף My house-mate Josh suggested this word. Josh grew up in the UK and now chases down terrorists – he’s a soldier in the IDF, preparing to be a commander. The Chapters of the Fathers (פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת – peer-KAY ah-VOHT) lists appropriate ages for various milestones in the life of the Jewish male: 9 for…