[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להכין-אוכל-#.m4a” /]לְהָכִין אֹכֶל Another thing I’ve found myself doing with my extra time is making new dishes. The Hebrew way of saying to make food is להכין אוכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להכין-אוכל-#.m4a” /] – literally, to prepare food. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/להכין-אוכל-#.m4a” /]איזה אוכל אתה מכין, דוד? יש לו ריח טוב. What food are you making, David? It has…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]הִתְנַדְּבוּת The concept of volunteering goes all the way to Biblical times, where the root נ.ד.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-2.m4a” /] of that meaning first appears. To volunteer is להתנדב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-3.m4a” /], a reflexive-intensive התפעל verb. Likewise, volunteering is התנדבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/התנדבות-4.m4a” /]יש מקום התנדבות מעניין בשכונת בקעה בירושלים. There’s an interesting volunteering place in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-1.m4a” /]בֵּית זִקּוּק The letters כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-2.m4a” /] and ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/בית-זיקוק-3.m4a” /] sound alike in Modern Hebrew, when the כ is hard. In ancient times they sounded different, but similar. Sometimes meanings of roots and words are similar when in one root there’s a כ and in the other there’s a ק. One such…
In English, we talk about someone falling when they die for a cause. In Hebrew we do the same: הנופלים is one way of saying the fallen. For example: היום אנחנו זוכרים את הנופלים. Today we remember the fallen. Another, more distinctly-Hebrew word for one who has fallen in battle is חלל. For example: היום מרכינים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /]פִּיקּוּד הָעוֹרֶף This is one of the terms we’re hearing on the news in Israel these days – פיקוד העורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /], or in English, home-front command. It’s the military body of the IDF in charge of defending civilians. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/פיקוד-העורף-#.m4a” /]חשוב להקפיד על ההנחיות של פיקוד העורף. It’s important to follow…