how to say “withdrawal” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַשְׁמִין Get talking… in Hebrew. Class starts next Sunday, October 30 around the country with Ulpan La-Inyan. The Jewish holiday season is now over both in Israel and abroad. And just as in other cultures and religions, Jews have a tendency to gain weight over the holidays….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שיעור-#.m4a” /]שִׁעוּר The Hebrew word for lesson is שיעור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שיעור-#.m4a” /]. It comes from the root ש.ע.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שיעור-#.m4a” /] meaning measure: a lesson is a measured portion of a greater course. For example: יש אצלנו 20 שיעורים ברמה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/שיעור-#.m4a” /] We have at our (school) 20 lessons in a level. You might think that…
having trouble seeing the print? פֵּירוֹת יָם listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online (or in person) This entry should be useful for both the seafood eater and for the person trying to avoid it when searching for a restaurant in Israel. The Hebrew term for seafood is פֵּירוֹת יָם ( listen…
having trouble seeing the print? לְפַטְפֵּט How’s your Hebrew? Only 10 spots available per course. Save 200 shekels by Thursday. Sign up now! לְדַבֵּר (leh-dah-BEHR) is to speak or to talk, presumably about things of substance. But if the דיבור (dee-BOOR) – speech – is decidedly without substance – in other words, a simple chitchat,…
לְהַשְׁכִּיב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? לִשְׁכַּב listen and repeat means to lie down. For example: בְּשַׁבָּת אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַיִם, אַבָּא שׁוֹכֵב עַל הַסַּפָּה. On Shabbat afternoon, Dad lies down on the sofa. listen לשכב is an intransitive form (more or lesss) of an active-simple verb, whose root is שׁ.כ.ב (sh.k.b). In order…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/גורל-#.m4a” /]גּוֹרָל Today we use the word גורל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/גורל-#.m4a” /] to mean destiny or fate. But the original meaning of the word was lot as in a lottery, the way the Land of Israel was divided among the tribes of Israel: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/גורל-#.m4a” /]אֶל אֲשֶׁר-יֵצֵא לוֹ שָׁמָּה הַגּוֹרָל, לוֹ יִהְיֶה (במדבר ל”ג, נ”ד) Whatever falls to them by…