how to say “keyword” in Hebrew


דּוֹר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Most Hebrew nouns appear masculine in both singular and plural forms, or feminine in singular and plural forms. For example, שָׁעוֹן is a clock, while שְׁעוֹנִים are clocks; and חַיָּה is an animal, while חַיּוֹת are animals. Some words, however, can be deceiving. One of those words…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-1.m4a” /]נִקָּיוֹן If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you likely know the word for clean – נקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-3.m4a” /]החולצה שלך לא נקייה. Your blouse (a feminine object) is not clean. The word for cleanliness is ניקיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-1.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ניקיון-4.m4a” /]מצב הניקיון בחדר שלך זה פשוט קטסטרופה. The…
לַעֲשׂוֹת שְׁמִינִיּוֹת בָּאֲוִיר Can’t read Hebrew yet? When someone makes a great extra effort to get something done, especially for someone else, we might say that they’re jumping through hoops or going the extra mile. In Hebrew, we call this making figure eights in the air: לַעֲשׂוֹת שְׁמִינִיּוֹת בָּאֲוִיר . …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]הֶבְדֵל We’ve seen that לשנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /] means to change something. Thus a change is שינוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]. But what about a difference? That’s הבדל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/הבדל-#.m4a” /]מה ההבדל בין קברנה למרלו? מה זה משנה? What’s the difference between Cabarnet and Merlot? What does it matter? הבדל is related to the הפעיל…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /]כְּתוֹנֶת לַיְלָה When I googled כתונת לילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /], I found pictures only of women wearing night gowns. While I’m sure there are men who wear them as well, I guess that result makes sense. כתונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /] (also כותונת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /]) means gown, while לילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כתונת-לילה-#.m4a” /] means night. For example: [audioclip…