[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-1.m4a” /]הֶחָלָל הַחִיצוֹן This one’s for all of you Star Wars fans. Last week, we saw the term for personal space – מרחב אישי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-2.m4a” /]. The word מרחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-3.m4a” /] there refers to space in the sense of an expansive place, or a place where events take place. The word for space as in empty space or a cavity is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-1.m4a” /]אִחוּד Looking at the word at hand today, איחוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-1.m4a” /], you may spot the word אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-2.m4a” /] – one. איחוד, unification, derives from the active-intensive verb לאחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/איחוד-3.m4a” /] – to unite. Referring to the reunification of Jerusalem that took place 50 years ago in the wake of the Six Day War, Hebrew uses the term…
having trouble seeing the print? שָׁכֵן, שְׁכֵנָה This fall, we’re offering opportunities to learn to speak Hebrew, in many Anglo communities in Israel and online. Check out our fall classes, keeping in mind that the deadlines to save 200 shekels fall towards the end of September. As we saw yesterday, the word לָגוּר (lah-GOOR),…
having trouble seeing the print? גָּבוֹהַּ, נָמוּךְ The recent snow storm affected Jerusalem, Samaria to the north and Judea to the south, because these are: מְקוֹמוֹת גְּבוֹהִים high-up places A man who is tall or “high up” is an אִישׁ גָּבוֹהַּ, while a tall woman is an אִשָּׁה גְּבוֹהָה In contrast, Mount Sinai is…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלֹא הֶרֶף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program Last week we saw the Hebrew expressions for consistently. “יְשוּעַת הַשֵּׁם כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן” “Divine salvation is as the blink of an eye.” Another useful expression is that for incessantly or continuously: לְלֹא הֶרֶף. The word הֶרֶף in this expression appears in Biblical Hebrew, where…
Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.