– literally, the day that is after. לֶהָבָה The common Hebrew word for fire is אֵשׁ (esh). A flame, however, is a לְהָבָה (leh-hah-VAH). by Capture Queen ™ Perhaps the most well-known Biblical example of this word can be found in the psalm recited in synagogues Friday night before the לְכָה דּוֹדִי (leh-KHAH doh-DEE) liturgical poem: קוֹל (הַשֵּׁם) חֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ…
יתרון Perhaps you know one of the Hebrew words for more – יוֹתֵר (yoh-TEHR). It’s the word that creates comparative adjectives, such as better – יוֹתֵר טוֹב (yoh-TEHR tohv); bigger – יוֹתֵר גָּדוֹל (yoh-TEHR gah-DOHL); more interesting – יוֹתֵר מְעַנְיֵן (yoh-TEHR me-ahn-YEHN); etc. Related to this word is one that appears already in Biblical Hebrew. It’s…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפחיד-1.m4a” /]מַפְחִיד The Hebrew word for fear is פחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפחיד-2.m4a” /]. For example, one might react to hearing a loud motorcycle storming by right in front of them with: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מפחיד-3.m4a” /]איזה פחד! How scary! (what fear!) פחד is a three-letter word, which means it is primed to function as a root. Thus we have…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שער-#.m4a” /]שַׁעַר Given the importance of this item to civilization, the Hebrew word for gate or opening – שער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/שער-#.m4a” /] – is one of the oldest, and may even be related to the German word Tor – gate or door (perhaps door is related as well). שער is also used to mean a book cover, as well as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הלוך-ושוב-1.m4a” /]הָלוֹך וָשׁוֹב, הָלוֹך חָזוֹר When you get on the bus in Israel and want to ask for a round-trip ticket, you should say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הלוך-ושוב-2.m4a” /]כרטיס הלוך ושוב, בבקשה. A round-trip ticket, please. “בבקשה”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הלוך-ושוב-3.m4a” /] is optional. הלוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הלוך-ושוב-4.m4a” /] means going, and ושוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/הלוך-ושוב-5.m4a” /] means and returning. But you could also use a…
having trouble seeing the print? סְתָו There’s still room in our post-holidays classes. What’s your conversational-Hebrew level? Some places in the world have four distinct seasons: summer, fall, winter, spring. But in regions such as Israel, there really was no need in ancient times for four names, since there were times when it…