having trouble seeing the print? עִכּוּב Watch a demo of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Suppose you’ve boarded a Tel-Aviv-bound bus in Jerusalem for a 12:30 lunch meeting nearby Rabin Square. You didn’t know about work being done on the highway, which lengthens your trip by half an…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-1.m4a” /]עִבְרִית תַּקִּינָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you may know the word for to fix – לתקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-3.m4a” /]תקן לי את הטלוויזיה. Fix (my) TV for me. (spoken to a male) Thus something fixed is מתוקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-4.m4a” /]. And something fixed at its essence – correct or proper – is תקין[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-1.m4a” /]סְטָטוּס, מַעֲמָד When Israelis talk about a Facebook status, they adopt the English (originally Latin) word – סטטוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-2.m4a” /]. Likewise, status quo (also from Latin) in Hebrew is סטטוס קוו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-3.m4a” /]. But when talking about a person’s status, the word is מעמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-4.m4a” /], from the root ע.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-5.m4a” /] meaning standing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעמד-6.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]לִקְרוֹא תִּיגָּר The basic word for to oppose, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להתנגד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]הם מתנגדים למה שאנחנו עושים. They oppose what we’re doing. But a stronger way of expressing opposition – usually opposition to an idea – is לקרוא תיגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /] – to call…
having trouble seeing the print? מִגְדָּר brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Courses starting Sunday around the country! We’ve seen the Hebrew root ג.ד.ר used in its original sense to mean fence – גָּדֵר (gah-DEHR), as well as in a modern application to mean definition or computer setting – הַגְדָּרָה (hahg-dah-RAH). Another…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /]גּוּף הָאָדָם The Hebrew word for person is אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /] (named after Adam from the Bible). Likewise, a human being is בן אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /] – literally, a son of Adam – regardless of the person’s gender. The word for body is גוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /]. Thus the human body is גוף האדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a”…