לַהֲרוֹג Can’t read Hebrew yet? Here’s one of the most ancient of words in the Hebrew language, going back to that primeval account of a brother in rage, the story of Cain and Abel. לַהֲרוֹג means to kill. For example: הַסַּרְטָן הָרַג אֹתָהּ. The cancer killed her. and לַהֲרוֹג וְלִרְצוֹחַ…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]מִתְּקוּפַת הַיְבוּסִי When Jerusalem first became an Israelite city thousands of years ago, it had been conquered from the Jebusite nation – העם היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]. Today this vanquished people lives on in a unique expression that is not very widespread, but is still understood by most Israelis: מתקופת היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /] –…
having trouble seeing the print? לֶאֱסוֹר Our popular Hebrew classes start next week around the country! Spots are still available. לֶאֱסוֹר, an active-simple פָּעַל verb, means to forbid. Its origin goes back to Biblical Hebrew, where it means to bind someone or something or to tie up. Here’s a Modern-Hebrew example: אָסַרְתִּי עָלָיו לַחְצוֹת אֶת הַכְּבִישׁ…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]לְהִוָּלֵד He was born, in Hebrew, is הוא נולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]. She was born is היא נולדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /]. These are versions of the נפעל verb להיוולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /] – to be born. Now, you may be looking at the word להיוולד wondering why there’s no נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/להיוולד-#.m4a” /] – that’s because the n sound…