.having trouble seeing the print? לֶאֱסוֹר Our popular Hebrew classes start next week around the country! Spots are still available. לֶאֱסוֹר, an active-simple פָּעַל verb, means to forbid. Its origin goes back to Biblical Hebrew, where it means to bind someone or something or to tie up. Here’s a Modern-Hebrew example: אָסַרְתִּי עָלָיו לַחְצוֹת אֶת הַכְּבִישׁ…
having trouble seeing the print? מוּדָעוּת Many would argue that modernity brought with it an increase in self awareness among individuals. Others would say that such awareness has been lessened in our time (maybe we’ll debate it in the advanced conversation group I’m starting to teach tonight in Jerusalem). In any case, the Hebrew word for…
If you’ve had even a little exposure to the Hebrew language, chances are you’ve come across the word for light – אוֹר (ohr). אור is another big theme of חֲנֻכָּה (khah-noo-KAH), so I thought it appropriate for today. But it’s less likely you know the word for lighting, as in, “This living room has…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /]יָדוּעַ, מֻכָּר Hebrew has two words for to know. לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /], at least in Modern Hebrew, is to know information, such as history or a language, while להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] is to know someone or be familiar with something – in Biblical Hebrew, to recognize. However, someone who is known can be either ידוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] if he’s…