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having trouble seeing the print? תְּזוּנָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The Hebrew word for contribution or donation is תְּרוּמָה (teh-roo-MAH). The original root of this word, contrary to one’s first intuition, is ר.ו.מ (r.w.m) meaning height. The ת (t) at the beginning takes the concept of height and creates a word meaning, that which is…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תקרית-#.m4a” /]תַּקְרִית If you’ve got some basic conversational Hebrew down, you probably know how to ask what happened – מה קרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תקרית-#.m4a” /]? The root ק.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תקרית-#.m4a” /] gives form as well to the word for incident or something (bad) that has happened – תקרית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תקרית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/תקרית-#.m4a” /]שמעתם על התקרית אתמול בשכונה? Did…
having trouble seeing the print? לִצְלוֹעַ Our Hebrew class starts Sunday! 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! In the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over, יַעֲקֹב (yah-ah-KOHV) – Jacob – takes his family across מַעֲבַר יַבֹּק (mah-ah-VAHR yah-BOHK) – the Yabok pass – back into the land of his forefathers….
having trouble seeing the print? הַכְּלָלִים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion(s) to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over (in Israel, בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee, and abroad בְּהַר-בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-HAHR-beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee) feature various rules given to the People of Israel to be kept as they enter their promised land, as well as the consequences that…
having trouble seeing the print? קוֹל Conversational-Hebrew classes in Jerusalem – Tel Aviv RBS – Rehovot – everywhere else There’s something special about sound: This one’s for Rabbi Simcha Frischling, founder and director of The Call of the Shofar. Further build your Hebrew vocabulary with… with a special discount for YDDH enthusiasts like yourself
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-1.m4a” /]מִתְבַּיֵּשׁ The Hebrew word for shame is בושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-3.m4a” /]בושה וחרפה. A disgrace. (literally, shame and dishonor) בושה also means embarrassment, with its root ב.ו.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-4.m4a” /] (interchangeable with ב.י.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-5.m4a” /]) plugging into the reflexive-intensive התפעל verb form, producing להתבייש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מתבייש-6.m4a” /] – to be embarrassed. For example, a Bar…
