how to say “preparations” in Hebrew
טֶקֶס Check out our summer Hebrew classes for adults and teens! This week and next are loaded with טְקָסִים (teh-kah-SEEM) – ceremonies – here in Israel: for יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה (yohm hah-shoh-AH) – Holocaust (Remembrance) Day this past Monday and for יוֹם הַזִּכּרוֹן (yohm hah-zee-kah-ROHN) – Memorial Day (for the soldiers and victims of terror). Immediately…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיסים-1.m4a” /]מִסִּים Welcome to 2017, a new tax year. Those of you who haven’t closed your browser get a pat on the back (I wish I could promise a tax break too). First appearing in the biblical Book of Kings, Hebrew word for tax is מס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיסים-2.m4a” /]. Thus income tax is מס הכנסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מיסים-3.m4a” /]. Taxes…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עצמאי-#.m4a” /]עַצְמָאִי You may know the Hebrew term for Independence Day – יום העצמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עצמאי-#.m4a” /]. עצמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עצמאי-#.m4a” /] is independence, while עצמאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עצמאי-#.m4a” /] means independent, often used to refer to someone who works independently, without a boss. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/עצמאי-#.m4a” /]היא עובדת כעצמאית. She works as an independent (contractor). What about someone who…
I’m reading a book written by a cousin of my grandmother’s, who was among those in Budapest that helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust. One of the missions he participated in was smuggling Jews across the Romanian border to safety, on their way to אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (EH-rets yees-rah-EL) – the Land of Israel. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להעיר-#.m4a” /]לְהָעִיר The best-known meaning of the word להעיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להעיר-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb, is to wake someone up. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להעיר-#.m4a” /]דוד, תעיר אותי כשמגיעים. David, wake me up when we arrive. In this case, we use a form of the את[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להעיר-#.m4a” /] after להעיר – the word אותי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להעיר-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נפש-בריאה-1.m4a” /]נֶפֶשׁ בְּרִיאָה בְּגוּף בָּרִיא The Hebrew word נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נפש-בריאה-2.m4a” /] carries a spiritual connotation, as it means soul or essence: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נפש-בריאה-3.m4a” /]נפש האדם עוצמתית ביותר. The human soul is extremely powerful. But the word can also mean something perhaps less spiritual, though no less powerful: the mind. Thus a healthy mind in a healthy body, in Hebrew,…