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).
שִׁיר We need your input! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Learn Hebrew online תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – the ninth of (the month of) Av (teesh-AH beh-AHV) – is now. It commemorates destruction, but also, in a piece I was just emailed, it implies…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/כלל-עולמי-#.m4a” /]אוּנִיבֶרְסָלִי, כְּלָל עוֹלָמִי Like many words that didn’t exist in Biblical or Mishnaic times, Hebrew’s version of universal has the transliterated version – אוניברסלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/כלל-עולמי-#.m4a” /] – as well as a proper Semitic version: כלל עולמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/כלל-עולמי-#.m4a” /] – literally, general-worldwide. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/כלל-עולמי-#.m4a” /]זאת לא תופעה מקומית, זאת תופעה כלל-עולמית. This is not…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]בִּזְכוּת The basic word for thanks is תודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]. But to say that a good thing happened thanks to someone or something – owing to someone or something, the expression is בזכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /] – literally, in merit of. It’s a grateful way of saying that one thing caused another. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /]דֶּלֶת אֲחוֹרִית The Hebrew word for door is דלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /]חבר’ה, אל תשכחו לסגור את הדלת אחריכם. Guys, don’t forget to close the door after yourselves. Here, אחריכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] means after you, combing אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] (after) with the כם-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/דלת-אחורית-#.m4a” /] ending for more than one you. What about the back…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]כְּנָפַיִם The Hebrew word for wing is כנף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /] – a pair of them is כנפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]. And like many other body parts that come in pairs, human or otherwise, the word is feminine: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]יש לציפור הזאת כנפיים רחבות מאוד! This bird has very wide wings! You may know the…