לֶהָבָה The common Hebrew word for fire is אֵשׁ (esh). A flame, however, is a לְהָבָה (leh-hah-VAH). by Capture Queen ™ Perhaps the most well-known Biblical example of this word can be found in the psalm recited in synagogues Friday night before the לְכָה דּוֹדִי (leh-KHAH doh-DEE) liturgical poem: קוֹל (הַשֵּׁם) חֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רגישות-ללקטוז-1.m4a” /]אִי-סְבִילוּת לְלַקְטוֹז, רְגִישׁוּת לְלַקְטוֹז The technical term for lactose intolerance in Hebrew is אי-סבילות ללקטוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רגישות-ללקטוז-2.m4a” /], where אי-סבילות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רגישות-ללקטוז-3.m4a” /] means intolerance. The phrase as a whole means literally, intolerance to lactose. However, Israelis are far more likely to describe this common condition as רגישות ללקטוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רגישות-ללקטוז-4.m4a” /] – lactose sensitivity, or literally, sensitivity to lactose. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-1.m4a” /]לְהַמְשִׁיךְ, לְהִמָּשֵׁךְ If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the expression: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-2.m4a” /]אתה ממשיך ישר… You continue straight… That’s speaking to a male. To a female its: את ממשיכה ישר…[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-3.m4a” /] ממשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-4.m4a” /] and ממשיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-5.m4a” /] are usages of the active-causative verb להמשיך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להמשיך-6.m4a” /] – to continue…
having trouble seeing the print? צִיּוּר Enter code “ULI” for an exclusive Ulpan La-Inyan discount. As a child, I loved to draw. So did my Hebrew teacher, my father. So among my first verbs growing up was to draw in English and לְצַיֵּר (leh-tsah-YEHR) in Hebrew. לצייר also means to paint a picture (not a building – that’s…