how to say “palace” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/צלקת-#.m4a” /]צַלֶּקֶת The Hebrew word for a scar is צלקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/צלקת-#.m4a” /]. Just as in English, צלקת can be either physical or figurative, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/צלקת-#.m4a” /]אנחנו מקווים שמה שהוא ראה לא ישאיר לו צלקת. We hope that what he saw won’t “leave a scar.” צלקת first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew and derives from…
אִשּׁוּר We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! I took a life coaching course with Leah Gniwesch a couple of years ago, just before I opened Ulpan La-Inyan. Leah sent me the link this afternoon to a delightful video about…
having trouble seeing the print? כַּלְכָּלָה check out the new ulpan.com this week’s video! The Modern-Hebrew word for economy and the study of economics is כַּלְכָּלָה . An associated (active-intensive פִּעֵל) verb is לְכַלְכֵּל – to provide for, appearing in the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, as Joseph tells his…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרַי! Technically, follow me in Hebrew, when speaking to more than one person, is עקבו אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]. But you’re much more likely to hear people say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אחריי! After me! That’s because it says something about Israeli culture – that leadership is to be done by example. This dose’s video illustrates this…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a” /]הֶיבֵּט Like English, Hebrew has a several ways of saying aspect, including צד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a” /] – side, זוית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a” /] – angle, בחינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a” /] – facet and אספקט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a” /] – a transliteration of the English. There is one word, however, that encapsulates the concept of aspect perhaps more comprehensively than others: היבט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/היבט-#.m4a”…