Remember when in school teachers used to take attendance? Perhaps some of you are still in school having your attendance taken. Perhaps you’re a student of Ulpan La-Inyan in one of our client schools and you’re having your attendance taken by our very teachers… In any case, in Israel, one’s presence in a class…
דודים, סבים The Hebrew word for uncle is דּוֹד (dohd); the word for aunt is דּוֹדָה (doh-DAH – more commonly pronounced DOH-dah). Why? Because the word דוד itself means dear one – aunts and uncles are people close or dear to a child (i.e. close enough for love and gifst but usually distant enough so the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מילת-מפתח-1.m4a” /]מִלַּת מַפְתֵּחַ From what I hear, search engine optimization efforts are shying away from focusing on keywords and keyword placement, and focusing more on producing genuine content. But necessary or not, the Hebrew expression for keyword is מילת מפתח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מילת-מפתח-1.m4a” /] – literally, word of key. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מילת-מפתח-2.m4a” /]מה מילת המפתח הכי חשובה באתר שלכם?…
having trouble seeing the print? שֵׁם, מוֹנִיטִין Vocabulary builder for the 2013 Israel elections this week’s video! Since the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world is שְׁמוֹת – names of, I thought it appropriate to introduce another important word related the common word, name – שֵׁם . A reputation in English can also…
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…