how to say “teaching” in Hebrew
I think it’s reasonable to assume that nearly everyone on the planet – if not everyone – has admirable as well as less-than-admirable character traits. The word תְּכוּנָה (te-khoo-NAH) can refer to such traits, as well as non-human traits or features. For example, לַגִּרְסָה הַחֲדָשָׁה שֶׁל “חֲלוֹנוֹת” יֵשׁ תְּכוּנוֹת חֲדָשׁוֹת (la-gheer-SAH hah-khah-dah-SHAH shel “khah-loh-NOHT” yesh te-khoo-NOHT…
This word isn’t very widely used, especially since we don’t get too much frost here in Israel. Nevertheless, I think it’s a nice tidbit with which you might be able to strike up a friendly conversation with your Israeli neighbors or to adopt an alternative expression to it’s cold!!! when you shiver walking down the winter…
הָעֲלִילָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עלילה-1.mp3″ /] With the action heating up in the Torah portions, I figure that now’s a good time to introduce the Modern-Hebrew word for a story’s plot – עֲלִילָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עלילה-2.mp3″ /]. To be sure, עלילה comes from Biblical Hebrew, where it means deed and wantonness. But Modern Hebrew lowers the flames on this…
לסעוד If you know a bit of Hebrew, you probably know the word for restaurant – מִסְעָדָה (mees-ah-DAH). The root of that word is ס.ע.ד (s.a.d.), whose core meaning is satiation. The common word for to eat is לֶאֱכוֹל (le-eh-KHOL), but just like English has a finer word, to dine, Hebrew has לִסְעוֹד…
having trouble seeing the print? לָעוּף Arik Einstein, one of Israel’s most important and influential musicians, passed away last week. At a ceremony at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv before the funeral, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: הָיִיתָ הַגָּדוֹל מִכֻּלָּם, הַזַּמָּר הַלְּאֻמִּי. You were the greatest of them all, our (the) national singer. …
(your daily dose of Hebrew follows) Announcements: 1 – Discount on Fall courses 2 – Israeli music show today Announcement #1 Discount on Ulpan La-Inyan Fall 2011 courses Our friendly, state-of-the-art Fall 2011 courses are starting all over Israel on October 30. The registration deadline to save NIS 200 is October 11,…