how to say “scarlet” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? תַּדְמִית brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world In English, there’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), and there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as well as other definitions. The Hebrew…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצטייד-1.m4a” /]נָא לְהִצְטַיֵּד Last week, we saw the Hebrew term for running shoes – נעלי ריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצטייד-2.m4a” /], or more commonly, נעלי ספורט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להצטייד-3.m4a” /]. Now, suppose you’re a youth-group counselor, and you’re taking your group of young teens on an overnight field trip. It’s the fall, so you want to make sure they all come prepared with warm clothing….
רַכֶּבֶת קָלָה All kinds of less-than-pleasant things have been going in Israel over the past day or so. However, something refreshing has taken place as well: The Jerusalem Light Rail today started transporting passengers after nine years of building. The Hebrew word for train is רַכֶּבֶת (rah-KEH-vet), deriving from the same root as…
having trouble seeing the print? נִקּוּי יָבֵשׁ Check out our spring and summer courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat Most of the cleaning that people tend to do for Passover involves water and other fluids. But some of the cleaning many people do does not involve wet substances at all. Dry cleaning is…
תַּשְׁבֵּץ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The root שׁ.ב.צ (sh.b.ts) means checkered or plaited. Thus a slot on a calendar is called a מִשְׁבֶּצֶת listen and repeat, and an informal way of saying to book an appointment is לְשַׁבֵּץ פְּגִישָׁה listen and repeat. For example: שִׁבַּצְתִּי אֶת הַפְּגִישָׁה שֶׁלָּךְ…
רמה In English, we call it the Golan Heights. In Hebrew, however, it’s רָמַת הַגּוֹלָן (rah-MAHT hah-goh-LAHN) – the Golan Height. Geographically, the Golan is a single plateau. Zevitan Wadi, a really cool place The Golan is one of Israel’s most popular hiking and tourist spots, and a most important military strategic point. …