Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]זֵכֶר While זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have in our brains or hard drives, זכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have of someone or something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]לא נשאר מהם זכר. Not a remnant was left of them. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]יהי זכרם ברוך. May their…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]זִכָּרוֹן מְעֻרְפָּל You may know the Hebrew word for memory – זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /] – from יום הזיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /] – Memorial Day, which is coming up in Israel this week. A vague recollection or literally, a foggy memory, is זיכרון מעורפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זיכרון-מעורפל-#.m4a” /]יש לי זיכרון מעורפל של מה שקרה…

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/התקהלות-#.m4a” /]הִתְקַהֲלוּת Here’s a word you’ve heard if you’ve been following the Hebrew news: התקהלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/התקהלות-#.m4a” /] – gathering, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/התקהלות-#.m4a” /]חל איסור התקהלות עד להודעה חדשה. A gathering ban is in place until further notice. התקהלות is the noun form of להתקהל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/התקהלות-#.m4a” /] – to gather, a התפעל verb of the root…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הקלה-#.m4a” /]הֲקָלָה The Hebrew word for relief is הקלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הקלה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הקלה-#.m4a” /]איזו הקלה! What a relief! (You’ll probably hear people saying איזה הקלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/הקלה-#.m4a” /] instead – this is grammatically incorrect but far more common.) הקלה also means an easing of something, such as movement restrictions during corona. And if you live…

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…