בְּטִפּוּל Can’t read Hebrew yet? The American TV series In Treatment has an Israeli origin. What’s more, the name of the American show is a literal translation of the title of its Israeli prototype: בְּטִפּוּל . לְטַפֵּל , an active-intensive verb, means to treat or take care of. Its gerund (noun) form…
having trouble seeing the print? לָשִׁיר Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us Perhaps you’re familiar with the biblical poem, Song of Solomon or Song of Songs. The first two words of that poem comprise its title in Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים – literally, the Song of Songs. learn Hebrew through Israeli songs at… music.ulpan.com The Hebrew word for…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-1.m4a” /]דְּבוֹרָה While Hebrew nouns are largely categorized as masculine or feminine, some words are the same for both genders. One example I’ve used several times on this blog is אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-2.m4a” /] – person. This word is masculine, but applies equally to males and females: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/דבורה-3.m4a” /]היא אדם נחמד. She is a nice person. Occasionally, you’ll…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]לִתְרוֹם דָּם The Hebrew word for to donate is לתרום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]. It’s a simple verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/לתרום-דם-#.m4a” /]כבר תרמנו כסף לארגון הזה. We’ve already donated money to this organization. The word for blood is unfortunately so basic to society that it’s virtually the same word across all Semitic languages – in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-1.m4a” /]קֹדֶם כֹּל The Hebrew equivalent of the English expression first of all is קודם כול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-1.m4a” /], often written קודם כל. קודם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-2.m4a” /] means initially or before, and כול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-3.m4a” /] means all, so קודם כול means literally, before all. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קודם-כול-4.m4a” /]אתה יכול לצאת, אבל קודם כול אתה צריך לשטוף כלים. You (a…
having trouble seeing the print? תְּקוּפָה The Hebrew word for period of time or era is תְּקוּפָה I’ve known this for a long time, but not its full meaning – until I just researched it to present it to you. The word appears in the Bible, but its meaning has become less and less specific over the generations. In…