Early registration deadline Today is the last day to receive a 50-shekel discount on our November-December conversational Hebrew classes. Our courses will be taking place in Jerusalem and Raanana starting a week from today. Get our schedule at calendar.ulpan.com… and sign up at register.ulpan.com! And if you’re not yet familiar with…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-1.mp3″ /]אֶזְרָח וָתִיק On buses throughout Israel you’ll find placards stating: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-2.mp3″ /] stand up in the presence of the aged This phrase taken right out of the Bible uses the word שֵׂיבָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אזרח-ותיק-3.mp3″ /], referring specifically to hair that has gone white, and generally to those who typically bear white…
The online front page of one of Israel’s major newspapers, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת (ye-dee-OHT ah-khah-roh-NOHT) reads: יְצִיאַת תּוּנִיסִיָּה: “הָפְכָה לְעִירַאק בִּן לַיְלָה” (ye-tsee-AHT too-NEE-see-yah: “hahf-KHAH le-ee-RAHK been LAH-ee-lah”) – Exodus from Tunisia: “Turned into Iraq overnight.” Here’s the article. To say that something occurs overnight, you’d use the expression, בִּן לַיְלָה (been…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /]אַל תִּתְבַּיֵּישׁ בושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] is the Hebrew word for shame, of the root ב.ו.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /]. So it makes sense that the התפעל verb להתבייש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] means to be embarrassed or to be shy. This word finds expression most commonly in the Israeli invitation of hospitality: אל תתבייש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] – don’t be…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…