how to say “wonderful” in Hebrew
Announcement (your word of the day follows) This Thursday is the final day to register and receive 200 shekels off of Ulpan La-Inyan August-September classes. We’ve got our regular six-week courses as well as a few three-week intensives at a variety of levels, in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Efrat and Raanana. Some testimonials…
קָצֶפֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קצפת-1.mp3″ /] Next week, Jews around the world will be observing the Feast of Weeks – חַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קצפת-2.mp3″ /]. This holiday has a tradition of eating dairy products, some of which are covered in that sugary substance called frosting. The Hebrew word for frosting or whipped cream is קָצֶפֶת.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קצפת-1.mp3″ /] For example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-1.m4a” /]לִכְבּוֹשׁ To conquer – whether land or one’s own desires – is לכבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-1.m4a” /] in Hebrew. As Ben Zoma taught: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבוש-2.m4a” /]איזהו גיבור? הכובש את יצרו. (אבות פרק ד’) Who is a hero? He who restrains himself (conquers his inclination). (Ethics of the Fathers, Chapter 4) That which is conquered is כבוש[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צפיפות-1.m4a” /]צְפִיפוּת One of the Hebrew words for crowded is צפוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צפיפות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צפיפות-3.m4a” /]צפוף מאוד ברכבת התחתית. It’s very crowded in the subway. Likewise, crowdedness (also the physics term in Hebrew for density) is צפיפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צפיפות-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צפיפות-4.m4a” /]צפיפות יתר מהווה בעיה של העידן המודרני. Overcrowdedness constitutes a problem of the…
נְתוּנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נתונים-1.mp3″ /] I remember from high-school geometry that we had to rely on the givens to solve or a problem or to prove something. With my family’s moving to Israel and then back to the States, I benefited from taking geometry twice, thus learning the terms in both languages. Givens in Hebrew is a…