חום Help us get the Hebrew word out there! Forward this to a friend or two! Yes, single Hebrew word above means all three of those things in English: heat, fever and warmth. The word is חוֹם (hohm) – not to be confused with the color brown – חוּם (hoom). Here are two Hebrew…
לְקַטֵּר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Imagine a boiling teapot, with steam rising from its spout. That’s approximately the image evoked in Hebrew when describing someone complaining non-stop, as לְקַטֵּר means literally to smoke a pipe or to burn incense. For example: תַּפְסִיקִי לְקַטֵּר עַל הַשְּׁכֵנִים וְתַעֲשִׁי מַשֶּׁהוּ.(to a female) Stop complaining so much about the neighbors and do something. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-1.m4a” /]מָנוֹעַ Though in English an engine and engineering come from the same root, in Hebrew this is not the case. While the profession of egineering is הנדסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-2.m4a” /] and an engineer is a מהנדס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-3.m4a” /] (a male) or מהנדסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מנוע-4.m4a” /] (a female), an engine or a motor is a מנוע. While the הנדסה probably derives from…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכיבים-1.m4a” /]רְכִיבִים This word appears on the vast majority of packaged foods in Israel: רכיבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכיבים-1.m4a” /] – ingredients. It comes from the root ר.כ.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכיבים-2.m4a” /] meaning attaching or assembling. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכיבים-3.m4a” /]יש כאן רכיבים מפחידים ברשימה… There are some scary ingredients here on the list… In the singular form, רכיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכיבים-4.m4a” /] generally refers not…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִפָּגַע, לְהִפָּצַע Extra large discount on Fall 2012 Courses through August 20 SIGN UP NOW! The Hebrew word לְהִפָּצַע (leh-hee-pah-TSAH) means to get hurt in the physical sense. Likewise, a פְּצִיעָה (peh-tsee-AH) or a פֶּצַע (PEH-tsah) is a physical wound. For example, you might hear a girl on a playground say: !קִבַּלְתִּי פֶּצַע…
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…