[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]לִזְרוֹחַ Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for east – מזרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], of the root ז.ר.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]. It’s called that because השמש זורחת שם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /] – the sun rises or shines there. The word for to shine is לזרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]בחורף כל הזמן מעונן, אבל בקיץ השמש זורחת. In the winter…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]אֶפְשָׁר שְׁלוּק? לְגִימָה? To sip, in Hebrew, is the simple verb ללגום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]. Thus a sip is לגימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/שלוק-#.m4a” /]אחרי לגימה ארוכה של אספרסו היא הרגישה מוכנה ליום הארוך שלפניה. After a long sip of espresso she felt ready for the long day ahead of her. But…
נְתוּנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נתונים-1.mp3″ /] I remember from high-school geometry that we had to rely on the givens to solve or a problem or to prove something. With my family’s moving to Israel and then back to the States, I benefited from taking geometry twice, thus learning the terms in both languages. Givens in Hebrew is a…
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having trouble seeing the print? יְמִינָה, שְׂמֹאלָה Check Out Our Elections Vocab Builder This post will help you understand directions given to you, as well as provide them yourself when asked in Israel. It’s material we empower our students with in our Level 1 class. We saw last week that the Hebrew terms for right and left are יָמִין and שְׂמֹאל , respectively. That’s right and left by themselves….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /]מֶטֶר עַל מֶטֶר Hebrew has a vivid way of saying that a place is really small: מטר על מטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /] – (one) meter by (one) meter. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /]זאת דירה קטנטונת, ממש מטר על מטר! It’s a tiny little apartment, really a meter by a meter! על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/מטר-על-מטר-#.m4a” /] means…