having trouble seeing the print? לְתַיֵּק Watch a demo video of one of our Hebrew courses. Class starts October 30 around the country. Register by October 11 to save NIS 200. A basic Hebrew word is that for a handbag or knapsack: תִּיק (teek). Going from the concrete to the abstract, a handbag becomes a case –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]לְהִשְׁתַּיֵּךְ The basic Hebrew word for belong is שייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]כאן הוא מרגיש שייך. Here he feels (like he) belongs. שייך (or שייכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /] if it refers to a feminine object) simply means that something or someone belongs – the belonging is not their choice. If we want…
שְׁנָתִי The Hebrew word for year is שנה, which ends in the letter ה. Since the letter ה turns into a ת when a word ending with it gets expanded, the word for yearly or annual is שנתי. For example: השבוע הכיתה שלי יוצאת לטיול שנתי בצפון. This week my grade is going on a yearly…
הקפאה The Biblical Hebrew root ק.פ.א (k.p.a) is the concept of congealment or thickening, but the root has evolved to the point where today it means frozenness. Thus a מַקְפִּיא (mahk-PEE) is the Modern Hebrew word for freezer – the place where one places ice cream. To freeze something is לְהַקְפִּיא (le-hahk-PEE). To say, I’m…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/סוף-הדרך-#.m4a” /]סוֹף הַדֶּרֶךְ In English, when we call something the end of the road, we refer to something sad or tragic. While Hebrew does use סוף הדרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/סוף-הדרך-#.m4a” /] – the end of the road – to refer to something’s sometimes-tragic end, in the right context it refers to something that was amazing. For example: [audioclip…