the Golan… Height(s) – in Hebrew
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| Sunset, picture taken from רמת הגולן overlooking the Sea of Galilee |
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| Sunset, picture taken from רמת הגולן overlooking the Sea of Galilee |
having trouble seeing the print? מֶדַלְיָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Whereas metal is a substance, a medal is an award. The Hebrew word for metal is מַתֶּכֶת (mah-TEH-khet), explained in yesterday’s posting. מתכת comes from an authentic Hebrew root. But the Hebrew word…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /]פָּרַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, מוֹשִׁית That pretty little red bug with black dots is called, in colloquial Hebrew, פרת משה רבנו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /] – literally, the cow of Moses our Rabbi. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/פרת-משה-רבנו-#.m4a” /]לא כל יום רואים פרת משה רבנו אצלנו בגינה! Not every day do we see a ladybug in our…
לנסוע After my six days in Beit Alpha in the north of Israel (i.e. a two-hour ride from the center), I got on a bus out of the absorption center en route to Beit She’an, then a bus from Beit She’an to Jerusalem, and now I’m riding a third bus to family in Kfar…
יש לי מזל, וכו There isn’t really a word for lucky. There is one – מְמֻזַּל (me-moo-ZAHL) describing a male and מְמֻזֶּלֶת (me-moo-ZEH-let) describing female, but it’s not very widely used. One could say, יֵשׁ לִי מַזָּל (yesh lee mah-ZAHL) – literally, I have luck. But that doesn’t work for phrases such as It’s my…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתעצבן-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְעַצְבֵּן The Hebrew word for nerve is עצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתעצבן-2.m4a” /] (note that the pronunciation has ah vowels, not eh vowels). So it makes sense that the word for to get worked up or aggravated is להתעצבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתעצבן-1.m4a” /], since this is usually the result of people or events getting on one’s nerves. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתעצבן-3.m4a” /]אחרי שעה וחצי…