listen and repeat – literally, to raise on the writing.חֵרֶם, לְהַחֲרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-1.wav” /] The English word boycott is named for a 19th-century Irishman, Charles C. Boycott, who was ostracized after refusing to lower rent for his tenant farmers (see Online Etymological Dictionary). The Hebrew word for this social (or antisocial) action goes further back, all the way to the Bible. The word is חֵרֶם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-2.wav”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/חברה-#.m4a” /]חֶבְרָה The English word company has both social and business connotations. But in the end of the day, it’s the same word. Same in Hebrew: whether it refers to a group of people coming together for the purpose of giving their services to the world in exchange for money, or to a group of…
קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for incense is קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ כָּאן רֵיחַ שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת. There’s a scent of incense here. listen The word’s root is ק.ט.ר (k.t.r), which gets plugged into the active-causative verb form to produce the word…
ערך The Hebrew word for value, as in “Ulpan La-Inyan courses are an excellent value”, is עֶרֶך (EH-rekh). To express that you respect a person – that you evaluate this person positively – you’d use the word לְהַעֲרִיך (le-hah-ah-REEKH). For example, you might say מְנַחֵם בֶּגִין הָיָה קָל לְהַעֲרִיך (meh-NAH-khem BEH-gheen hah-yah kahl le-hah-ah-REEKH) – Menachem Begin…
having trouble seeing the print? אִמּוּן אִישִׁי Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! In recent decades the helping professions received a new, now-popular member that arrived from the business world: life coaching. The Hebrew expression for this practice that helps people…
having trouble seeing the print? אָדָם מֻפְנָם, אָדָם מֻחְצָן listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Deadline This Sunday – Register Now! Some of us are naturally quiet, while others can be heard from a kilometer away. Introverts tend to keep their feelings and experiences inside, while Extroverts tend…