how to say “to slam the door” in Hebrew

Our friendly, state of the art conversational Hebrew courses begin this Sunday in Jerusalem and Raanana. Class starts next Sunday in Gush Etzion.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/תחביב-#.m4a” /]תַּחְבִּיב One thing I’ve been doing with the extra time on my hands is improving my Arabic, part of my hobby of learning languages. The Hebrew word for hobby is תחביב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/תחביב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/תחביב-#.m4a” /]כדי לנצל את הזמן, אפשר לפתח תחביב. In order to make the most of (our) time, (we)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /]גָּדוֹל עָלַי, כָּבֵד עָלַי In Hebrew, when we want to express that something is too much for me to handle, we might say זה יותר מדי בשבילי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s too much for me, but we’re more likely to use one of two other expressions: גדול עלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/גדול-עלי-#.m4a” /] – literally, big…
In honor of ט”וּ בִּשְׁבַט (tu beesh-VAHT) – the 15th of Shvat… If you know a bit of Hebrew, you probably know the word for flower – פֶּרַח (PEH-rahkh). The word for flowering or blossoming, or bloom, is פְּרִיחָה (pe-ree-KHAH). It comes from the verb, לִפְרוֹח (leef-ROH-ahkh) – to blossom, flower, bloom. It’s…
לְצַיֵּץ My guess is that there’s an 90% chance you’ve heard of Twitter. If you haven’t, here’s the site itself, as well as what Amazon lists as one of the best books on the subject. When I first visited Twitter, it took me a while to see the connection between the name of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /]פִּסּוּל If you’ve read some of the Bible in Hebrew, you are almost certainly familiar with the word פסל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /] – graven image or statue. There, the simple פעל verb לפסול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /] means to chisel, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /]פְּסָל לְךָ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים (שמות ל”ד, א’) Chisel out two stone tablets like the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]מֻגְזָם The Hebrew word for to exaggerate is להגזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb. It also means to go over the top with something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /]הגזמתם עם העוגה הזאת! You guys have gone over the top with this cake! (see full conversation) Something that is over the top is מוגזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מוגזם-#.m4a” /],…