how to say “media player” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
נגן
 
For those of you familiar with the Hassidic (Chassidische) world, you probably know the word for melody – נִגּוּן (Modern Hebrew: nee-GOON; Ashkenazi pronunciation: NIH-gihn).

The root of this word is נ.ג.נ (n.g.n). Likewise, the word for musician – as well as the 20th century Hebrew word for media player of various kinds – is (nah-GAHN).
 
Why do I mention this now? Not only because of all the concerts going on… but also to let you know about my Hebrew Music Show in English, on RustyMike Radio. 
 
 
 
My show airs today (Monday) from 3-4pm Israel time, during which I’ll be playing songs that grow in their sophistication tracing the linguistic growth that takes place in the Ulpan La-Inyan course progression.
 
But don’t worry about getting lost… I’m there to explain the Hebrew and the linguistics (well, to an extent). 


In any case… I hope to see you online!

Similar Posts

Weekly YDDH Review

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger

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…

how to say “human shield” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  מָגֵן אֱנוֹשִׁי   Can’t read Hebrew yet?     One of the most deplorable tactics of war, used readily by the terrorists launching rockets from Gaza, is the human shield. in Hebrew, a human shield is מָגֵן אֱנוֹשִׁי  : the word מגן   means shield, and אנושי   means human in the adjective sense. For example:   הַמָּגֵן הָאֱנוֹשִׁי בְּעַזָּה…

Hebrew for wisdom

ByAmi Steinberger

חכמה   This one’s to my friend Mark Whelan from… England, LA, Germany, etc. Thanks for the request (the rest of you can request words as well!)   הוּא אִישׁ חָכָם (hoo eesh hah-KHAHM) means he is a wise man. It’s used also to mean he is a smart man. So, for instance, if a…

how to say “idea” and “concept” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-1.m4a” /]רַעְיוֹן, מֻשָּׂג The Hebrew word for idea is רעיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-3.m4a” /]יש לי רעיון גדול! I have a great (big) idea! The word first appears in one of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (קהלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-4.m4a” /] – Ecclesiastes), where it means musing. Despite conceptual connections we might draw between רעיון…