הַחְלָמָה מְהִירָה, רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה This entry is for Jeremy H. and for Savta. It’s flu season in Israel, and the hospitals have been overfull recently with flu patients. The traditional Jewish way of wishing someone a speedy recovery is saying רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה , which means, literally, a complete healing. But a more common expression…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכתיב-1.m4a” /]לְהַכְתִּיב Yesterday we saw a couple of words formed from the very useful Hebrew root כ.ת.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכתיב-2.m4a” /] meaning writing. Another application of that root is להכתיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכתיב-1.m4a” /] – to dictate. להכתיב falls into the category of active-causative verbs. Generally speaking, these verbs take a basic act and add a causative quality to it. For example, the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בְּקִצּוּר The informal term בקיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] means literally in short. It’s what Israelis use instead of the English basically or even anyway. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בקיצור, הבנת אותי. Basically, you get (understood) me (spoken to a male). Broken down, בקיצור is: -ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – in קיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – short, the noun form of…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!