Can’t read Hebrew yet? חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material 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!
Perhaps you’ve been to חֶבְרוֹן (khev-ROHN) – Hebron, to the Tomb of the Patriarchs. In Hebrew, that site is called מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה (meh-ah-RAHT hah-mahkh-peh-LAH) – the cave of the doubling. Why doubling? I’m aware of two reasons provided by the Rabbis: 1. Couples are buried there, and 2. The cave is two-storied. The…
Some people are fun. Some people are nice. And some people inspire others towards good just by being themselves. Such a person who inspires others thus is called, in Hebrew, an אָדָם עֶרְכִּי (ah-DAHM ehr-KEE) – literally, a person of value. Of course, every human being has value, and every human being is of quality….
שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת, שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for hundred is feminine, as its ah ending hints – מֵאָה And since numbers are adjectives, three hundred is שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת – literally, three of hundred. For example: מִבְחַן נְהִיגָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹלֶה שְׁלֹשׁ מְאוֹת שְׁקָלִים! A driving test in Israel costs three hundred…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]לְגַנּוֹת After the horrors of Paris Friday night, powers that be all around the world denounced the acts of terror. The Hebrew word for to denounce is לגנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-1.m4a” /]. The root is ג.נ.ה (g.n.h), but since the ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-2.m4a” /] makes a weak sound and disappears in many conjugations, the feminine ות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגנות-3.m4a” /] ends…
אֵין בְּעָיָה! עַל לֹא דָּבָר! In other languages that may sound familiar (or native!) to you, we’ve got no hay problema (Spanish), pas de probleme (French), etc. In English, it’s no problem! But it’s got at least two meanings: there’s no problem at the beginning of a statement – as in, No problem, I’ll fix that – and no problem…