This one’s for Tehillah. You too can request a word by filling out this simple form. The Hebrew word for a lane on a road is נָתִיב (nah-TEEV). The Ayalon Highway is called נְתִיבֵי הָאַיָּלוֹן (neh-tee-VEH-ee hah-ah-yah-LOHN) in Hebrew – the “Ayalon Lanes”. A synonym for נתיב, also used, is מַסְלוּל (mahs-LOOL). So…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שווה-1-1.m4a” /]שָׁוֶה The Hebrew word for equal is שוֶה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שווה-1-1.m4a” /] in the masculine and שוָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שווה-2-1.m4a” /] in the feminine. Here’s an example in the plural: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שווה-3-1.m4a” /] ניתן לשלם את הארנונה בשנים עשר תשלומים שווים. One may pay property tax in twelve equal payments. שווה is also used in slang to mean worthwhile or great….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מספר-1.m4a” /]מִסְפָּר If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for number – מספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מספר-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מספר-2.m4a” /]מה מספר הטלפון שלך? What’s your (a female’s) phone number? But you may not have realized that מספר is related to storytelling – סיפור סיפורים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מספר-3.m4a” /]. Unlike אבטיח[audioclip…
עצמאות The Hebrew word עַצְמָאוּת (ahts-mah-OOT) comes from the root ע.צ.מ (a.ts.m.), which carries the basic meaning of essence or that which stands out. An independent political entity stands out as unique in the world; it waves a flag of its own: Incidentally, these are the colors on the Ulpan La-Inyan website. …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /]תְּעַדְכֵּן אוֹתִי In English, when we want someone to update us about something, say, the date of a party or whether plane tickets are available, we might say let me know or keep me posted. In Hebrew, we use a future-tense form of לעדכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a” /] – to update. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/תעדכן-אותי-#.m4a”…