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how to say “operation” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? מִבְצַע, פְּעֻלָּה, נִתּוּחַ Don’t miss the deadline! Our fall classes start October 30. Save 200 shekels by THIS TUESDAY, October 11. Here’s an example of where translation without context can create misunderstanding. How do you say operation in Hebrew? That depends on what sort of operation you’re talking about.  A military operation is a מִבְצַע (meev-TSAH), related to…

how to say “dried fruit” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  פֵּרוֹת מְיֻבָּשִׁים  listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet?   Today in Israel sales of dried fruits will be up by several hundred percent as the country marks the occasion of ט”וּ בִּשְׁבָט  listen and repeat – Tu Bishvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat – when Jews celebrate the budding of spring.  …

how to say “a painting” and “a drawing” in Hebrew

how to say “a painting” and “a drawing” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? צִיּוּר   Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. As a child, I loved to draw. So did my Hebrew teacher, my father. So among my first verbs growing up was to draw in English and לְצַיֵּר (leh-tsah-YEHR) in Hebrew. לצייר also means to paint a picture (not a building – that’s…

how to say “kettle” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-1.m4a” /]קוּמְקוּם Nothing like a hot drink on a cold day. The Hebrew word for an apparatus that can help prepare such a drink is קומקום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-1.m4a” /]. In context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-2.m4a” /]תרתיח מים בקומקום. Boil water in the kettle. (spoken to a male) and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קומקום-3.m4a” /]קומקום בשווי מאתיים שקלים בתשעים ותשעה שקלים…

how to say “to draw close together” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לְהִתְקָרֵב   Earlier this week, we saw the root ק.ר.ב (k.r.b), meaning closeness, used in a variety of forms.   We saw לְהַקְרִיב (le-hahk-REEV) – to sacrifice, give something up or to bring something close – and its passive form, מֻקְרָב (mook-RAHV). These are the causative forms (הפעיל and הופעל).   We saw לִקְרָב (leek-RAHV) – to draw…

how (and why) to say “traffic light” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  having trouble seeing the print? רַמְזוֹר     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!   Yesterday we probed the Hebrew expression, דַּי לַחֲכִּימָא בִּרְמִיזָא (DAH-ee lah-khah-KEE-mah beer-MEE-zah), an equivalent of the English, a word to the wise is sufficient. The Aramaic word רְמִיזָא (reh-MEE-zah, or classically,…