Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /]מִפְעַל חַיִּים Even if you have no Hebrew background whatsoever, you’ve probably heard the toast, !לחיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] – to life! חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is life, while מפעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is literally a factory, but also an enterprise or undertaking. Thus מפעל חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /] is someone’s life’s work or lifework. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מפעל-חיים-#.m4a” /]הקורונה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרַי! Technically, follow me in Hebrew, when speaking to more than one person, is עקבו אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]. But you’re much more likely to hear people say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אחריי! After me! That’s because it says something about Israeli culture – that leadership is to be done by example. This dose’s video illustrates this…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /]אֲדִיבוּת The word אדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – courteous comes to Hebrew via the Arabic word أديب[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] (adeeb), referring to a scholar, presumably a person of manners. When Eliezer Ben Yehuda coined this term, he must have had in mind the word נדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – generous, first appearing in Biblical Hebrew….