. For example, a man might say: . is also used to mean to make fun of. מָבוֹךְ Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ב.ו.כ (b.w.k) means confusion, so that someone who is נָבוֹךְ (or נְבוֹכָה if she is a female) is confused or perplexed. נבוך and נבוכה also describe someone embarrassed. This root also gives rise to the word for maze or labyrinth – מָבוֹךְ …
having trouble seeing the print? רַךְ How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The Torah portion to be read tomorrow around the Jewish world tells that עֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת (eh-ee-NEH-ee leh-AH rah-KOHT) – Leah’s eyes were soft. רכות is the plural form of the word רַך (rahkh), meaning soft or…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]מֵיתְרֵי הַקּוֹל The Hebrew word for sound as well as voice is קול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]. Its plural is קולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]שמעתי קולות מוזרים אתמול בלילה. I heard strange sounds last night. A string that produces music is a מיתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מיתרי-הקול-#.m4a” /]נקרע לי מיתר בגיטרה. A…
The simple way of saying he couldn’t or he wasn’t able to is הוא לא היה יכול. But Hebrew has a more eloquent expression for he couldn’t in the sense of he was prevented from being able to: נבצר ממנו. For example: בגלל אפליקציית עיצוב ישנה, נבצר ממנה לייצר תמונה באמת טובה. Because of an old design app…
כֵּנוּת, הֲגִינוּת, יֹשֶׁר Can’t read Hebrew yet? I’m approaching the end of my third Frank McCourt book, Teacher Man. McCourt’s stories keep me turning pages and laughing out loud, but what I love most about his writing is the candor and honesty that glows on every page. There a few words in Hebrew…