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 |
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-1.m4a” /]מִינִים בְּסַכָּנַת הַכְחָדָה Yesterday we saw the scientific word for species – מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-2.m4a” /]. What about a species that is endangered? That’s מין בסכנת הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-3.m4a” /], literally, species in danger of extinction. Broken down: בסכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-4.m4a” /] – in danger of הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-5.m4a” /] – extinction For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-6.m4a” /]היא סיימה…
having trouble seeing the print? Glossary for current events Your daily dose of Hebrew follows To help you better understand the Hebrew media, here’s a handy glossary. I hope you find it useful, and pass it on! Create sentences on our Facebook page using the terms from the glossary, and we’ll correct them…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-1.m4a” /]פֶּרֶא אָדָם Earlier this week we saw that the Hebrew word פרוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-2.m4a” /] means wild or loose. Though the letters א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-3.m4a” /] and ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פרא-אדם-4.m4a” /] had two (well, actually three) distinct sounds in Biblical Hebrew, these were close enough that sometimes an א might replace an ע. This seems to be the case with the word…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]הַמְרָאָה The Hebrew word for takeoff is המראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]שעת ההמראה היא תשע בבוקר. Takeoff time is nine AM. המראה comes from the הפעיל verb להמריא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /] of the root מ.ר.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], a word that appears only once in Biblical Hebrew, and that in the linguistically-obscure (and otherwise…
having trouble seeing the print? נְיַר עֲטִיפָה Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online A good Hebrew term to know as the end of fall approaches is that for wrapping paper: נְיַר עֲטִיפָה. נייר – paper – first appears in the Hebrew language in Mishnaic literature, while עטיפה – wrapping – comes…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מְצֹרָף This post isn’t going to talk about attachment in the emotional sense – that’s התקשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] or התחברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /], among other touchy feely options. Rather, we’re here to talk about something attached – מצורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /] – to something like an email. It appears in an abbreviation: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מצורף-#.m4a” /]מצ”ב פירושו “מצורף בזאת.” Matz”av means…