how to say “heavy” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 2, 2018January 9, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]כָּבֵד

The Hebrew word כבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /] means heavy both in the literal sense, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]אתה תצליח להרים את זה, יעקב, זה לא כבד.

You’ll be able to pick this up, Jacob, it’s not heavy.

…as well as in the figurative sense, as in the opposite of light-hearted:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]מה קרה שאת כל כך כבדה היום, שרה?

Why are you so heavy today, Sarah?

how to say “American” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 9, 2020February 7, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /]אָמֵרִיקָאִי/אָמֶרִיקָנִי When Israelis refer to Americans, they’re most likely to call them אמריקאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /], while one American male is אמריקאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] and one American female is אמריקאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, אמריקאיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] are American females. There’s another way to say these: אמריקנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] – Americans (males or a mixed…

how to say “in-country tourism” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 11, 2020June 10, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]תַּיָּרוּת פְּנִים The Hebrew word for tourist is תייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /], which derives from the simple verb לתור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /] – to explore, to spy out, as in the Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה, לָתוּר אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן (במדבר י”ג, י”ז) And Moses sent them to spy out the Land of Canaan (Numbers…

how to say “slim chance” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 9, 2020September 4, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]סִיכּוּי קָלוּשׁ To say there’s a slim chance that something will happen, use סיכוי קלוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /]סיכוי קלוש שהיוגורט ישרוד שעתיים בחוץ. Slim chance that the yogurt will survive two hours outdoors. קלוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכוי-קלוש-#.m4a” /] – flimsy, dilute – first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew.

how to say “main course” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 13, 2022March 11, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]מָנָה עִיקָּרִית The Hebrew word for course (of a meal) or portion is מנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], as appears in the Book of Esther in the form of מנותיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] – her (food) portions. Thus a first course is מנה ראשונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], dessert or a last course is מנה אחרונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] (also קינוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]), and a…

Weekly Hebrew Review – complacency will kill you… in an ice age

ByAmi Steinberger October 20, 2017September 6, 2018

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!

how to say “option” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 28, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-1.m4a” /]אוֹפְּצְיָה, אֶפְשָׁרוּת Like many words that don’t appear in the Bible or the Mishnah,, the word option came to Modern Hebrew as אופציה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-3.m4a” /]יש לכם שתי אופציות. You guys have two options. A more authentically-Hebrew word, though, is אפשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-4.m4a” /], deriving from the word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-5.m4a” /] meaning possible….

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