how to say “hill” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגמור-1.m4a” /]לִגְמוֹר, לְסַיֵּם Modern Hebrew has two common words for to finish. לגמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגמור-2.m4a” /], the word used in the Bible, is probably the better-known one to people who are familiar with Hebrew but who are not native speakers. לגמור is used in Modern Hebrew primarily to mean to finish something – it is a transitive verb, one…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]שְׁטְרוּדֶל, כְּרוּכִית The at sign resembles the Austrian pastry, the strudel. Hebrew renders the s in its German pronunciation, so the common word for @ in Hebrew is שטרודל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/שטרודל-#.m4a” /]המייל לא נשלח כי שכחו להוסיף שטרודל. The email wasn’t sent because they forgot to add an at sign….
having trouble seeing the print? סוֹף הַדֶּרֶךְ When I hear the English expression, the end of the road, the first thing that comes to my mind is the song by Boyz II Men. In English, the end of the road connotes the end of a relationship or process, sometimes the end of a life. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ערכה-#.m4a” /]עֶרְכָּה A kit is a set of items that come together to serve a particular purpose. In Hebrew this is an ערכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ערכה-#.m4a” /], from the simple verb לערוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ערכה-#.m4a” /] meaning to set up. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ערכה-#.m4a” /]איפה קונים ערכה ביתית לבדיקת קורונה? Where does one buy a home kit for Covid testing?…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְאוֹשֵׁשׁ Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. To “get better” from an illness is לְהַבְרִיא (leh-hahv-REE) or לְהַחְלִים (leh-hahkh-LEEM). But recovery doesn’t have to be from an illness – it could be from a shock or a spiritual low as well. The Hebrew word for to recover is לְהִתְאוֹשֵׁש (leh-heet-oh-SHESH),…