[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/שוקולד-#.m4a” /]שׁוֹקוֹלָד This word is so beloved that the Academy for the Hebrew Language didn’t even bother creating an authentic Hebrew term for it. Today chocolate is שוקולד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/שוקולד-#.m4a” /], which is the Russian (and Yiddish) pronunciation of the word (шоколад), but in earlier years of the State you would often hear people referring to…
יְקוּם Can’t read Hebrew yet? Biblical Hebrew uses the word יְקוּם to mean substance or existence – coarsely, stuff. For example, in the story of the Flood, G-d says: …וּמָחִיתִי אֶת כָּל הַיְּקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה… …and I will wipe out all the substance that I made from the…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /]כְּלִי נְגִינָה The word כלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] means utensil as well as instrument. Thus there are כְּלֵי בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] – houseware items and כְּלֵי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /] – musical instruments. In the singular, it’s כְּלִי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/כלי-נגינה-#.m4a” /]החצוצרה, הפסנתר והגיטרה כולם כלי נגינה. The trumpet, the piano and the guitar are…
לַעֲשׂוֹת עֲלִיָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עליה-1.mp3″ /] Outside of Israel, getting called up to the Torah is called getting an aliyah. That last word is pronounced – at least in Ashkenazi communities – ah-LEE-yah, so that it sounds different from the word that means immigration to Israel – עליה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עליה-2.mp3″ /]- aliyah. To an Israeli, however, these two words sound the…
having trouble seeing the print? לִפְתּוֹחַ דַּף חָדָשׁ Two days left for the special discount on Ulpan La-Inyan Fall courses רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rohsh hah-shah-NAH) is a time for reflection over the past and for looking forward to a hopefully bright future. It’s also an opportunity to commit ourselves to a new or revised way…