[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]מְדֻיָּק The Hebrew word מדויק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] means literally accurate or precise. It’s related to the word for grammar – דקדוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /], which is the systematic, mathematical, more precise side of a language. It’s also related to בדיוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /] – the word for exactly. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מדויק-#.m4a” /]הצלף יורה באופן מדויק ביותר. The sniper…
מותש, גמור I’ve had one of those weeks that has at once flown by and seemed like an eternity. Know what I’m talking about? Lots of events, requiring me to be fully engaged in each… so the time flies really fast, but I also look back at last week and it seems as if…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-1.m4a” /]מֵאָה אָחוּז, מֵאָה אֲחוּזִים The Hebrew word for percent is אחוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-2.m4a” /], which literally means grasped or held: a percent is one grasped of a hundred. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-3.m4a” /]האם אני רוצה לצאת לטיול? מאה אחוז! Do I want go on the trip? One hundred percent! Now, אחוז here appears in the singular. Also acceptable would be to…
having trouble seeing the print? חָבֵר, חֲבֵרָה Our glossary for the 2013 Israel elections English distinguishes clearly between “just friends” and friends of a romantic nature. Hebrew, however, doesn’t have a special word for boyfriend/girlfriend, making interactions sometimes confusing or embarrassing, especially for those who don’t know the nuances. Here’s what you need to know. The…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מעיל-חורף-#.m4a” /]מְעִיל חוֹרֶף The Hebrew word for winter – חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מעיל-חורף-#.m4a” /] – comes from the root ח.ר.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מעיל-חורף-#.m4a” /] meaning sharp (think חריף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מעיל-חורף-#.m4a” /] – spicy). In Biblical times חורף referred to the entire rainy season, including today’s fall and winter. מעיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מעיל-חורף-#.m4a” /] – coat – also referred to an outer garment worn by high clergy in…