listen and repeat.נְשִׁימָה עֲמֻקָּה listen to and repeat this phrase We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! When in love or out of love, it’s important to remember to breathe – because sometimes we forget. Well, at least we…
לְהַרְאוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Seeing is one of the simplest concepts to describe in language. Hebrew expresses it using a verb of the “simple” verb form: לִרְאוֹת , of the root ר.א.ה (r.a.h). To express causing someone to see something – showing it to them – Hebrew employs the causative verb form, yielding…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]הָאָרֶץ הַמּוּבְטַחַת The Hebrew word for to promise is להבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]אבא הבטיח להביא לנו מתנות! Dad promised to bring us gifts! Now, להבטיח is a הפעיל verb (of the root ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]), which means it’s an active verb. Its passive (פועל) flipside – promised – is מובטח[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/עיר-בירה-#.m4a” /]עִיר בִּירָה The Hebrew term for capital city is עיר בירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/עיר-בירה-#.m4a” /], or simply בירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/עיר-בירה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/עיר-בירה-#.m4a” /]איש יהודי היה בשושן הבירה (אסתר ב’, ה’) A Judean man was in Shushan the capital (Esther 2:5) How can you tell the difference between בירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/עיר-בירה-#.m4a” /] as in capital and…
להתיצב There are a few Hebrew verbs that can mean to show up. One is לְהוֹפִיע (le-hoh-FEE-ah), or literally, to appear. You’d use that one in the context of she showed up at the party – הִיא הוֹפִיעָה בַּמְּסִיבָּה (hee hoh-FEE-ah bah-meh-see-BAH). Another sense of “showing up” is he showed up at the (army)…