Throughout the country
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| the Tel Aviv boardwalk on a hazy day |
Now it’s raining.
The Hebrew word for haze is אוֹבֶך (OH-vekh).
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיפָּגַע The basic Hebrew word for pain is כאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /], while to hurt is the simple verb לכאוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]כואב לי הראש. My head hurts (me). To hurt someone else or to cause pain is להכאיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /], a הפיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]למה אתה מכאיב לי?…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טיול-משפחתי-#.m4a” /]טִיּוּל מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי Going abroad isn’t really an option these days, but people can still take family trips in their own country. The term for one in Hebrew is טיול משפחתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טיול-משפחתי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טיול-משפחתי-#.m4a” /]בטיול המשפחתי האחרון חרשנו את הגולן והגליל. In our (the) last family trip we scoured the Golan…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /]עִסְקָה If a business is an עסק [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-2.m4a” /] and business in the general sense is עסקים [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-3.m4a” /] – literally, businesses, then a business deal is an עסקה [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /] For example: היינו כל כך קרובים לסגור את העסקה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-4.m4a” /] We were so close to closing the deal. In…
having trouble seeing the print? מְעַבֵּד מָזוֹן check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings ah-voh-DAH eev-REET Jewish (“Hebrew”) Labor Part 1 of the term To work or to labor is a simple action, at least grammatically speaking. The word for to work in Hebrew is לַעֲבוֹד (lah-ah-VOHD), a simple (פעל) verb. Intensifying the action of working, those reviving…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צום-קל-1.m4a” /]צוֹם קָל, צוֹם מוֹעִיל Before Yom Kippur, Jews like to wish one another an easy fast – or, upon reflecting that the fast is not supposed to be easy, they might wish their fellow a productive fast. Have an easy fast – literally, just easy fast – is צום קל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צום-קל-2.m4a” /], where צום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/צום-קל-3.m4a” /]…