Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]צֶוֶת The word for team or staff is צוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]אני מאוד גאה בצוות המורים שלנו. I’m really proud of our teaching staff. Note that although it has a ת ending, צוות is a masculine noun, so that a large staff is צוות גדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]. צוות comes from the Aramaic צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]…

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/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]לִזְרוֹחַ Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for east – מזרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], of the root ז.ר.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]. It’s called that because השמש זורחת שם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /] – the sun rises or shines there. The word for to shine is לזרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]בחורף כל הזמן מעונן, אבל בקיץ השמש זורחת. In the winter…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מעונן-#.m4a” /]מְעֻנָּן The Hebrew word for cloud is ענן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מעונן-#.m4a” /], as in the Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מעונן-#.m4a” /]בעמוד ענן ידבר אליהם… (תהילים צ”ט, ז’) Through a cloud of smoke He would speak to them… (Psalms 99:7) Cloudy is מעונן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מעונן-#.m4a” /], such as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/מעונן-#.m4a” /]מחר יהיה מעונן חלקית עד בהיר. Tomorrow will…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]חֶלְקִי This post is not about partial in the sense of biased – that’s מוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /] or משוחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]. Rather, we’re talking about partial as in part-time job – משרה חלקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /], or partially – באופן חלקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]. The word for a variety of partial is חלקי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /] (masculine) or חלקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/חלקי-#.m4a” /]…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להרשות-לעצמי-#.m4a” /]אֲנִי לֹא יָכוֹל לְהַרְשׁוֹת לְעַצְמִי To afford something, such as a new car or a failing grade on an exam, in Hebrew, is to allow oneself – להרשות לעצמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להרשות-לעצמי-#.m4a” /] (literally, to allow himself). Here it is when speaking to a female: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/להרשות-לעצמי-#.m4a” /]את יכולה להרשות לעצמך רכב כזה? Can you afford a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]רְשׁוּת The Hebrew word for permission is רשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]אדוני, יש לך רשות להיות כאן? Sir, do you have permission to be here? רשות comes from the root ר.ש.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]. To permit or to allow is the הפעיל verb להרשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]. Someone permitted to do something is רשאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]…

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/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]זֶה לֹא בּוֹעֵר I’m in a rush in Hebrew is אני ממהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re male and אני ממהרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. But for there’s no rush, Hebrew has a more colorful, flagrant expression: זה לא בוער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /] – literally, it’s not burning. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/זה-לא-בוער-#.m4a” /]שרה, את יכולה לשלוח…