having trouble seeing the print? לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר In English, we describe the wee hours of the morning as, simply, the morning. For example 4am is colloquially called four in the morning. by shaymus22 Hebrew uses a different expression. To mean, four in the morning, in Hebrew, you’d say, אַרְבַּע לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר (AHR-bah leef-NOHT BOH-kehr). This means,…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /]כַּדּוּר בַּקָּנֶה English invokes magic to talk about someone having a backup plan – a trick up his sleeve. Hebrew uses a military metaphor – כדור בקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /] – literally, a bullet in the barrel. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כדור-בקנה-#.m4a” /]חשבנו שהוא סיים את הקריירה הפוליטית, אבל מסתבר שהיו לו עוד כמה כדורים בקנה. We…
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…
דָּתִי לְאֻמִּי Can’t read Hebrew yet? Modern Orthodoxy is a way of Jewish life that fuses embrace of Jewish law and tradition, with engagement in contemporary life in a foreign culture. Between the lines, the Modern Orthodox Jew makes a statement that s/he is happy to live and absorb surrounding foreign (non-Jewish)…
having trouble seeing the print? לִדְחוֹת Events and appointments get postponed all the time. The Hebrew word for to postpone is לִדְחוֹת (leed-KHOHT) – a simple verb – while to be postponed is לְהִדָּחוֹת (leh-hee-dah-KHOHT), a “nifal” verb. For example, הַטִּיּוּל נִדְחָה בְּשָׁבוּע (hah-tee-YOOL need-KHAH beh-shah-VOO-ah) – the trip was postponed by a week. Word of caution:…