– the light – that is at the edge of, where קָצֶה means edge – the tunnel
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /]רַקְדָן, רַקְדָנִית The Hebrew word for to dance is לרקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root ר.ק.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /]. For example, Omer Adam sings: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /]היא רק רוצה לרקוד. She just wants to dance. And a dancer? That’s רקדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /] if he’s a guy, and רקדנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/רקדן-#.m4a” /] if…
having trouble seeing the print? מִפְגָּשׁ Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… Also in Modiin! REGISTER NOW! See review material at the end of today’s dose! Last week we defined the Hebrew word מִפְגָּשׁ as referring to an informal meeting or a gathering of friends. There’s another, more dramatic meaning to the word: encounter. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לכהן-#.m4a” /]לְכַהֵן Chances are you know someone whose last name is Cohen, or at least have seen a movie by the Coen Brothers like Raising Arizona or The Big Lebowski. The name comes from the Hebrew word כהן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לכהן-#.m4a” /], which means priest. And while priest has a clearly religious connotation, the notion of the priest serving something…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-1.m4a” /]נָעִים The Hebrew word for pleasant is נעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-1.m4a” /]. But whereas in English pleasant isn’t such a common word, Hebrew’s נעים appears in all kinds of common expressions. For instance, you may recognize נעים from the equivalent of nice to meet you – literally, very pleasant – נעים מאוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-2.m4a” /]. Another common phrase is לא נעים לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעים-3.m4a” /] – it’s unpleasant…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כשל-1.m4a” /]כֶּשֶׁל, כִּשָּׁלוֹן Hebrew has one word for to fail – the nifal verb להיכשל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כשל-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כשל-3.m4a” /]הוא נכשל במבחן. He failed (in) the test. A failure, however, has more than one word: while כשל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כשל-4.m4a” /] refers to a failure as in a lapse or simply a fail, such as a כשל מכני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כשל-5.m4a” /] – a mechanical…
having trouble seeing the print? נָשִׂיא Right now the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference is taking place in Jerusalem. נְשִׂיא מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, מָר שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres The word for president is נָשִׂיא ( ). In the original Biblical Hebrew, נשיא referred to a person of stature and leadership in a particular…