Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]לִנְחוֹת If להמריא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /] is to take off, לנחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /] is to land. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]רק עכשיו המראנו, ואתה כבר שואל מתי נוחתים? We just took off, and you’re already asking when we’re landing? לנחות is a simple פעל verb of the root נ.ח.ת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/לנחות-#.m4a” /]. which is about going down….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]הַמְרָאָה The Hebrew word for takeoff is המראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /]שעת ההמראה היא תשע בבוקר. Takeoff time is nine AM. המראה comes from the הפעיל verb להמריא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /] of the root מ.ר.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/המראה-#.m4a” /], a word that appears only once in Biblical Hebrew, and that in the linguistically-obscure (and otherwise…

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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/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /]שָׂפָם The word mustache came to English via French, but it likely originated in Medieval Greek where it meant something to the effect of the part of the body with which one chews. The Hebrew word is שפם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /]פעם שפם היה באופנה, אבל היום זה זקן צרפתי. A mustache…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]זָקָן צָרְפָתִי In yesterday’s dose we saw that the Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]. The style that in English is named after a barnyard animal – a goatee – in Hebrew is זקן צרפתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /] – literally, a French beard. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]גילחתי את רוב הזקן ונשאר זקן צרפתי. I…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]זָקָן The Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]יפה לך זקן! You look good with a beard! The letters in this word look identical to those of the word for elderly man – זקֵן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], but the two are not related. What today is a single letter ז[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]יָפֶה לְךָ You can say to a man in Hebrew, זה נראה טוב עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] – literally, this looks good on you. To a woman, switch עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] with עלייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]. But that’s a direct translation from English. A more culturally-authentic Hebrew expression is יפה לךָ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] to a male…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /]תַּלְתַּלִּים Some people have שיער חלק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] – straight (literally, smooth) hair. Others have תלתלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] – curls or waves. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /]כשהייתי ילד, היו לי תלתלים. When I was a boy, I had curls. Curly hair is שיער מתולתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /], where מתולתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] derives from the פועל verb…



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…