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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]לוּ”ז The acronym לו”ז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /] is short for לוח זמנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /] – literally a timetable. This is the Hebrew word for a schedule. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]הלו”ז שלי מלא בפגישות מיותרות. My schedule is filled with unnecessary meetings. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/לוז-#.m4a” /]אנחנו נתאים את קורס העברית הפרטי שלך ללו”ז שלך. We will match…
מַבְרִיק The Hebrew word for lightning – or a sparkle of light – is בָּרָק (bah-RAHK). It’s also the name of a hero in סֵפֶר שׁוֹפְטִים (SEH-fehr shoh-feh-TEEM) – the Book of Judges – as well as the current American president. Something shining in such a way as to describe it as brilliant is called, in Hebrew, מַבְרִיק (mahv-REEK) – an adjective deriving from the active-causative הפעיל form. A couple…
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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /]לֵךְ עַל זֶה The Hebrew expression for go for it, when spoken to a male anyway, is לך על זה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /] – literally, go on it, conjuring the image of going on a path. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-2.m4a” /]רוצה ללמוד שיווק דיגיטלי? לך על זה! You (a male) want to study digital marketing? Go for…
הלוויה Looks like “Hallelujah”, doesn’t it? Actually, the word printed above is הַלְוָיָה (hahl-vah-YAH), and it means funeral. In Yiddish it’s called a לְוָיָה (le-VAH-yah). Of course, this word comes from the same Hebrew root – ל.ו.ה (l.v.h.) – which carries the concept of escorting, but the Modern Hebrew usage is הלוויה….