[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /]כְּרַעַם בְּיוֹם בָּהִיר Something completely unexpected comes out of the blue in English – in Hebrew, כרעם ביום בהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /] – like thunder on a clear day. Something coming כרעם ביום בהיר typically puts a damper on things, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /]ואז, כרעם ביום בהיר, התפרצה המלחמה. And then, out of the…
גְּבֶרֶת Can’t read Hebrew yet? Two of the first words we teach in Ulpan La-Inyan are sir and ma’am – אֲדוֹנִי and גְּבֶרֶת , respectively. These mean literally, my master and lady. גברת refers to a lady or a woman of status, as in the title of the musical: גְּבִרְתִּי הַנַּאֲוָה My Fair Lady …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-1.m4a” /]אַל תְּשְׁכַּח The Hebrew word for to forget, a simple verb of the efal variety is לשכוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-3.m4a” /]שכחתי את התיק שלי בבית. I forgot my bag at home. To tell someone not to do something, you’d put the word אל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אל-תשכח-4.m4a” /] in front of a future-tense conjugation, so that don’t forget…
having trouble seeing the print? לָעוּף Arik Einstein, one of Israel’s most important and influential musicians, passed away last week. At a ceremony at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv before the funeral, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: הָיִיתָ הַגָּדוֹל מִכֻּלָּם, הַזַּמָּר הַלְּאֻמִּי. You were the greatest of them all, our (the) national singer. …