, as in the hot issue at the time of the Disengagement from Gaza, סֵרוּב פְּקֻדָּה – refusal of orders.having trouble seeing the print? קָפוּא Interact with YDDH on Facebook! If you’re like me and like warm weather, raise your hand. The Hebrew word for frozen is קָפוּא . קפוא comes from the active-simple פָּעַל intransitive verb to freeze – לִקְפּוֹא . For example: הָאֲגָם קָפָא. The lake froze. and קָפָאתִי מִקּוֹר. I froze from (the) cold. Mind you,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ביוטכנולוגיה-#.m4a” /]בִּיוֹטֶכְנוֹלוֹגְיָה This dose is useful for two reasons: 1. you can get a sense of how Hebrew translates (or transliterates) international technical or scientific terms, and 2. you can practice recognizing such terms in Hebrew, which are often more difficult to read than proper Hebrew words. The Hebrew word for biotech or biotechnology is ביוטכנולוגיה[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /]הַחֶבְרָה The letters ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-2.m4a” /] form a very common root in Hebrew, representing the concept of connection. This root appears in words such as חברים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-3.m4a” /] – friends, להתחבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-4.m4a” /] – to connect, and חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-5.m4a” /] – society, more typically seen as החברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-1.m4a” /] – literally, the society. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החברה-6.m4a” /]אי אפשר להאשים את החברה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]גִּיד The Hebrew word for tendon – that thing, like a ligament, that we’d rather not tear – is גיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /]יש לי קרע בגיד. I have a tear in my (the) tendon. A ligament is a רצועה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/גיד-#.m4a” /], which is also a strap or a strip: the Gaza…
לפזר פרחים Tonight I attended a concert in Jerusalem by Shlomo Artzi. The show was great, and I even saw a couple Ulpan La-Inyan all-star students. In one of the songs (the one dedicated to Gilad Shalit), Shlomo sings, אֶת הַגֶּשֶׁם תֵּן רַק בְּעִתּו (et hah-GEH-shem ten rahk be-ee-TOH) – Just give the…