having trouble seeing the print? גִּבּוּי Check out our midsummer classes around the country! The first Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world tells the story of two and a half Israelite tribes who wish to settle the land conquered on east bank of the Jordan…
having trouble seeing the print? מְתַקְתַּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Yesterday’s entry introduced the Hebrew word for to tick – לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), whose present-tense (active participle) masculine-singular form is מְתַקְתֵּק (meh-tahk-TEK). Though yesterday’s word sounds a lot like today’s, the two…
having trouble seeing the print? לְתַקְתֵּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The other day I introduced the Hebrew word לִדְפוֹק – to knock (leed-FOHK), which also means, in non-literal sense to move along smoothly. The Hebrew word that means to tick is לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), an…
having trouble seeing the print? דֹּפֶק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The word introduced yesterday, לִדְפוֹק – to knock – (leed-FOHK), has a quasi-literal meaning of to beat, as in heartbeat. It follows, then, that the word for pulse would be related: דֹּפֶק (DOH-fek)….
having trouble seeing the print? לִדְפוֹק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! This active-simple פָּעַל verb means to knock – לִדְפוֹק (leed-FOHK). It appears in the Biblical book, שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים – The Song of Songs (sheer hah-shee-REEM), in the phrase, קוֹל דּוֹדִי דּוֹפֵק – the…
having trouble seeing the print? לְחַלֵּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! A few weeks ago, I introduced a Hebrew expression meaning to delegate – לְהַאֲצִיל סַמְכֻיּוֹת (leh-hah-ah-TSEEL sahm-khoo-YOHT). Another phrase with a similar meaning is לְחַלֵּק תַּפְקִידִים (leh-khah-LEK tahf-kee-DEEM), literally, to give…
having trouble seeing the print? כַּפְרִי It’s summer in the northern hemisphere. People are taking vacation, some traveling far, some near, and some just hanging out at home. One popular type of destination is rustic – out in the country, perhaps in a cabin by a lake, away from the hustle and bustle of…
having trouble seeing the print? נֵטֶל Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The big topic in Israeli national news recently has been that of the possibility of expanding the draft to include Haredim and Arabs. The papers and the protesters talk…
having trouble seeing the print? קוֹר כְּלָבִים Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Yesterday we saw the colorful Hebrew expression for really, really hot weather – חוֹם אֵימִים (khohm eh-ee-MEEM). For those south of the equator (and those who don’t like constant air…
having trouble seeing the print? חוֹם אֵימִים Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! When Israelis talk about how hot it is (and it’s hot), they often say: חוֹם אֵימִים בַּחוּץ! It’s really, really hot outside! (khohm eh-ee-MEEM bah-KHOOTS) חוֹם…
having trouble seeing the print? עֵר, עֵרָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. The Torah portion that will be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world is perhaps the strangest – הַמּוּזָרָה בְּיוֹתֵר (hah-moo-zah-RAH beh-yoh-TEHR) of all portions, featuring a talking (female) donkey – אָתוֹן מְדַבֶּרֶת (ah-TOHN meh-dah-BEH-ret) and…