how to say “landing” in Hebrew

לַעֲשׂוֹת עֲלִיָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עליה-1.mp3″ /] Outside of Israel, getting called up to the Torah is called getting an aliyah. That last word is pronounced – at least in Ashkenazi communities – ah-LEE-yah, so that it sounds different from the word that means immigration to Israel – עליה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עליה-2.mp3″ /]- aliyah. To an Israeli, however, these two words sound the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מוזיאון-#.m4a” /]מוּזֵאוֹן This Hebrew word is simple enough for English speakers to grasp easily: מוזיאון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מוזיאון-#.m4a” /] for museum. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/מוזיאון-#.m4a” /]אני לא יודע איפה המוזיאון, אני לא מקומי. I (a male) don’t know where the museum is, I’m not a local. Note the -yon ending. This is a common ending for types of…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]חֲצוֹצְרָה Ancient Israelites used two instruments to announce their presence: a שופר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – shofar or a horn, and a חצוצרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – a metallic instrument like the modern-day trumpet. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה. (הושע ה’, ח’) Sound the shofar on the hill, the trumpet on the plateau. (Hosea 5:8) Here’s an…