Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

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/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]בִּזְכוּת The basic word for thanks is תודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /]. But to say that a good thing happened thanks to someone or something – owing to someone or something, the expression is בזכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/בזכות-#.m4a” /] – literally, in merit of. It’s a grateful way of saying that one thing caused another. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להיקלע-#.m4a” /]לְהִקָּלַע There’s the basic Hebrew word for to fall – ליפול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להיקלע-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root נ.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להיקלע-#.m4a” /]. ליפול could refer to falling physically or otherwise, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/להיקלע-#.m4a” /]איך נפלתי בפח שלו שוב! How have I fallen into his trap again! There’s another word for to fall into a very…

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/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]הַחִפָּזוֹן מֵהַשָּׂטָן Speaking of the devil, the Hebrew expression for haste makes waste invokes that angel of trouble: החיפזון מהשטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /] – literally, haste is from the devil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]זה לא יצליח. החיפזון מהשטן. It won’t succeed. Haste is from the devil. This expression finds its roots in Arabic: العَجَلَةُ…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]צָנוּם, רָזֶה If you know some basic Hebrew, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the word רזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /] – thin or skinny, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]הוא לא רזה ולא שמן. He is neither skinny nor fat. But רזה has a drawback: it could mean either skinny or thin, depending on context. Another word,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /]מַתְאִים בּוּל I had trouble finding an English equivalent for the expression מתאים בול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] – literally, fitting, bull(seye)! Anyway, here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /]הוא מתאים בול למה שאנחנו מחפשים. He fits exactly for what we’re looking for. מתאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] comes from the הפעיל verb להתאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] – to…