New Deadline
It’s no fun to limit ourselves (no cake today!), but hey, how else are we supposed to grow? (or shrink, in the case of the cake) A border or limit is גבול, as in: השמים הם הגבול. The sky’s the limit. To set up a limit – to limit – is להגביל, so that to limit…
בַּעֲלִיָּיה Aliyah – Jewish immigration to Israel – means literally rising up. I’ve done it – perhaps you have as well. בעלייה means on the rise, so that we might say: העלייה לארץ בעלייה. Aliyah to Israel (the country) is on the rise. ב usually means in, but in this case it’s on. If that doesn’t make 100%…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]מִשְׂרָפָה Today is יום השואה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, as observed in Israel. Today’s video includes a personal note, while this written post is about the Hebrew word for crematorium – משרפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/משרפה-#.m4a” /]באושוויץ היו חמש משרפות. At Auschwitz there were five crematoria. The official pronunciation…
Yesterday’s Dose was not sent out due to technical difficulties. Here it is, so that you can catch up! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-1.m4a” /]קִלְקוּל קֵבָה Yesterday we saw the word for stomach – בטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-2.m4a” /]. This word refers to the stomach as seen from the outside, as well as the organ. Another word, קיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קלקול-קיבה-3.m4a” /], refers…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]עוֹבֵר מָסָךְ The Hebrew word for photogenic is – wait for it – פוטוגני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]. A more authentically-Hebrew expression is עובר מסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /], meaning that a person looks good on camera. It means literally passes (the) screen. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]איך אני נראה לקראת הראיון? עובר מסך? How do I look for…
