[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-1.m4a” /]מַעֲדָן The Hebrew word for delicacy – מעדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-1.m4a” /] – comes from the root ע.ד.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-2.m4a” /], the letters making up Eden as in גן עדן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-3.m4a” /] – the Garden of Eden. Don’t confuse מעדן with מדען[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-4.m4a” /], which means scientist. The word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעדן-5.m4a” /]היא שמה על השולחן…
To pinch (someone) is לצבוט, a simple verb. For example: תפסיק לצבוט אותי! Stop pinching me! (to a boy… or a man) Likewise, a pinch – in the sense of getting pinched – is צביטה. But what about a pinch of salt? That’s קורט מלח, where קורט refers to the smallest amount of substance one can hold…
having trouble seeing the print? קִנּוּחַ, מָנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה Ulpan La-Inyan on Facebook Most kids’ favorite part of a meal (and maybe most adults’ as well) is dessert. קִנוּחִים desserts Israelis refer to dessert with one of two expressions: קִנּוּחַ and מָנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה . קינוח comes from the active-intensive פִּעֵל verb לְקַנֵּחַ meaning to wipe or to dry…
אַהֲבָה The Hebrew word for love – אַהֲבָה – appears to be related to the Aramaic root, י.ה.ב (y.h.b) meaning giving. Those who gave their lives (and those who risk their lives every day), so that the people of Israel and the Jewish people the world over could celebrate independence tonight, did so out of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/צרת-רבים-חצי-נחמה-#.m4a” /]צָרַת רַבִּים חֲצִי נֶחָמָה Hebrew has a literal equivalent of we’re all in the same boat: כולנו באותה הסירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/צרת-רבים-חצי-נחמה-#.m4a” /]. But there’s another expression that means the trouble of many is half a comfort – צרת רבים חצי נחמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/צרת-רבים-חצי-נחמה-#.m4a” /]. The idea is that although times are tough, the fact that many…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /]הֶחְזֵר You may know the basic Hebrew word for to return or to come back: לחזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /], a simple verb. There’s also להחזיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /] – to return (something), a הפעיל verb: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /]תחזיר את הכדור למקום, דני! Put the ball back in its place, Danny! It’s possible also להחזיר כסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/החזר-#.m4a” /] – to…