weeky VIDEO dose of Hebrew – what the word “Torah” actually means

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-1.m4a” /]בָּחוּר כָּאֶרֶז The cedar tree, native to the lands of the Bible including the country known then and today as Lebanon, was venerated as beautiful, strong, majestic. It makes sense then that in the biblical poem שיר השירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-2.m4a” /] – Song of Songs, the young woman refers to her beloved as a young man like…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /]לֵךְ עַל זֶה The Hebrew expression for go for it, when spoken to a male anyway, is לך על זה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /] – literally, go on it, conjuring the image of going on a path. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-2.m4a” /]רוצה ללמוד שיווק דיגיטלי? לך על זה! You (a male) want to study digital marketing? Go for…