Can’t read Hebrew yet? כָּפִיל At some point I decided I had better things to do, but for about half an hour last week I used an automated service to help me choose exactly whom among the celebrities I most resemble. That’s because last week was Doppelganger week on the social…
An orange, in Hebrew, is תפוז (one of my favorite fruits). This modern word combines תפוח – apple and זהב – gold, because an orange’s skin is “golden”. The slice of a fruit such as an orange – really more a segment – is פלח, as in: היא לא תאכל את כל התפוז, רק כמה…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-1.mp3″ /]לְחַפֵּשׂ בַּנֵּרוֹת Earlier this week we saw a Hebrew expression invoking an entire Biblical experience to say really, really dark – חֹשֶׁךְ מִצְרַיִם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-2.mp3″ /]. Here’s another vivid term, this time for to search meticulously – לְחַפֵּשׂ בַּנֵּרוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-1.mp3″ /], literally to search by candlelight or with (the) candles. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לחפש-בנרות-3.mp3″ /]כְּדֵי…
having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Register Now! The Biblical Jacob crossed the Jordan River with his family and belongings, just as today people cross that river between the countries Israel and Jordan. The Hebrew term for border crossing is מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל . A מַעֲבָר is a crossing…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּדְמִית brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world In English, there’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), and there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as well as other definitions. The Hebrew…