הָאוּ”ם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The only organization whose name has been appearing in the news as often as Hamas recently is the United Nations. The Hebrew translation is הָאוּמוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת listen and repeat, or in short, like “the UN,” הָאוּ”ם listen and repeat. Broken down: האומות listen and…
לְאַמֵּת If you know some Hebrew, you likely know the word for truth – אֶמֶת (eh-MET). Suppose a woman representing your credit card company calls to inform you that you and your family have won a trip to Euro Disney. She’d ask you to verify your details. This is how she might say it: …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /]סִדּוּרִים Looking at the word above, you might think I’m talking about prayer books. These are סידורים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] as well. But since סידור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/סידורים-#.m4a” /] in its essence means putting things in order, it applies to both a prayer book with all the prayers set in the right order, as well as something that needs to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/טעם-נרכש-#.m4a” /]טַעַם נִרְכַּשׁ The Hebrew word for taste is טעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/טעם-נרכש-#.m4a” /]. This is a very old word/root, which appears in the Arabic word for restaurant – مطعم[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/טעם-נרכש-#.m4a” /] (mat’am), and has a second meaning in Hebrew: meaning or point, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/טעם-נרכש-#.m4a” /]יש בכלל טעם ללכת? Is there any point in going? But this…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוכל-מטוגן-1.m4a” /]אֹכֶל מְטֻגָּן, מַאֲכָלִים מְטֻגָּנִים One of the key features of the חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ספוג-3.m4a” /] (Hanukkah) holiday is fried snacks. The reason has something to do with the oil found in the Temple, but regardless, they’re delicious. The Hebrew expression for fried food is אוכל מטוגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוכל-מטוגן-3.m4a” /], where אוכל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוכל-מטוגן-4.m4a” /] means food and מטוגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אוכל-מטוגן-5.m4a”…