[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]תַּיָּרוּת פְּנִים The Hebrew word for tourist is תייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /], which derives from the simple verb לתור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /] – to explore, to spy out, as in the Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/תיירות-פנים-#.m4a” /]וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה, לָתוּר אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן (במדבר י”ג, י”ז) And Moses sent them to spy out the Land of Canaan (Numbers…
having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Register Now! The Biblical Jacob crossed the Jordan River with his family and belongings, just as today people cross that river between the countries Israel and Jordan. The Hebrew term for border crossing is מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat. A מַעֲבָר listen…
מְסִלַּת בַּרְזֶל, מְסִלַּת רַכֶּבֶת, פַּסֵּי רַכֶּבֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסילה-1.mp3″ /] If you’ve traveled in Israel using public transportation, chances are you know the word for train – רַכֶּבֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסילה-2.mp3″ /], which derives from the root ר.כ.ב (r.k.b) meaning vehicle. Train tracks or a railroad track is מְסִלַּת בַּרְזֶל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסילה-3.mp3″ /] – literally, track of steel. It’s also…
להתרענן This morning teaching at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, some of my students (well, Yogi’s students – I was substituting) had some coffee or needed to get some fresh air. Truth is, so did I. We all freshened up. To become freshed in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַעֲנֵן (le-heet-rah-ah-NEHN). For example רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הוּא זְמַן…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סִמְלִי The word סמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /] – remarkably close in sound to its English equivalent symbol – appears in Biblical Hebrew. Here’s a modern usage of the word: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סמל מדינת ישראל הוא המנורה וענפי זית. The symbol of Israel is the Menorah (Temple candelabra) and olive branches. The word for symbolic is סמלי[audioclip…