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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /]רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב This expression is very similar to the English one – רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /] – literally, far from the eye, far from the heart. One might console their friend after a breakup: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/רחוק-מהעין-#.m4a” /]את כבר תתגברי על הגעגועים אליו – רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב. You (f) will…
having trouble seeing the print? רַמְקוֹל Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online A word that dots the Hebrew Bible in the most mysterious and esoteric of contexts – as well as mundane ones – is that which means voice or sound – קוֹל ( ). To speak out loud is לְדַבֵּר בְּקוֹל רָם ( …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תנועה-1.m4a” /]תְּנוּעָה In the Biblical story, Cain is cursed for murdering his brother with, among other things: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תנועה-2.m4a” /]נע ונד תהיה בארץ. A wanderer shall you be in the land. The word נע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תנועה-3.m4a” /] – whose infinitive is לנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תנועה-4.m4a” /] – means moving. Plugging the root נ.ו.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תנועה-5.m4a” /] into a noun…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /]אָמֵרִיקָאִי/אָמֶרִיקָנִי When Israelis refer to Americans, they’re most likely to call them אמריקאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /], while one American male is אמריקאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] and one American female is אמריקאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, אמריקאיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] are American females. There’s another way to say these: אמריקנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/אמריקאי-#.m4a” /] – Americans (males or a mixed…
Dear YDDH subscriber, This summer, Ulpan La-Inyan is granting a full scholarship to one educator and one college/university student, for any one of our conversational-Hebrew group courses to be taken in June, July or August. As my audience, I extend my personal invitation to you or someone you know to apply for a scholarship. To do so, follow the appropriate link: We…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-1.m4a” /]הַכָּשַׁת נָחָשׁ Yesterday we saw that לעקוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-2.m4a” /] means to sting or to bite when the act is performed by an insect, while לנשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-3.m4a” /] is for human beings. לנשוך applies to other mammals as well. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-4.m4a” /]הכלב נשך אותי! The dog bit me! When speaking of snakes though, the word is להכיש[audioclip…