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conversation: how to say “surgeon” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/10.3.2019-conv-2.m4a" /] - אני שמח לבשר שהניתוח עבר בשלום. הרופא המנתח והצוות שלו עבדו בקפדנות כל היום. - עכשיו אני נושמת לרווחה. - I'm happy to announce that the surgery went well. The surgeon and his staff worked diligently all day. - Now I'm breathing in relief. Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew

how to say “to accumulate” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /]לִצְבֹּר לצבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /] means to accumulate. You may recognize the word from the Biblical story of Joseph, who rescues the economy of Egypt: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לצבור-#.m4a” /]וַיִּצְבֹּר יוֹסֵף בָּר כְּחוֹל הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי אֵין מִסְפָּר. (בראשית מ”א, מ”ט) And Joseph stored up (accumulated) huge quantities of grain, like the…

How to say “To rest” “to strike” “to observe the Sabbath” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לשבות You’re all familiar with the Hebrew word שָׁבָּת (Shabbat, Shabbos, whatever), or its English equivalent, Sabbath (as in Black Sabbath).   The root of the this word is .ש.ב.ת (sh.b.t.), which is also used in the word שְׁבִיתָה (shvee-TAH), or a strike. This word is so common in Israel that I consider it core…

how to say “front seat” in Hebrew

how to say “front seat” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁב קִדְמִי You may know the word מושב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] as referring to an agricultural settlement. But it’s also a seat, which becomes apparent when we see that the root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] meaning sitting. A front seat is מושב קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /], where קדמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /] comes from the root ק.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/מושב-קדמי-#.m4a” /]…

daily video – how to say “to give someone a ride” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger
To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “years and years” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /]שָׁנִים עַל גַּבֵּי שָׁנִים Hebrew’s version of years and years is שנים על גבי שנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /] – literally, years on the backs of years. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/שנים-על-גבי-שנים-#.m4a” /]לקח לו שנים על גבי שנים, אבל בסוף הוא גמר לכתוב את הספר. It took him years and years, but in the end he finished…