Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]בָּאָפְנָה The Hebrew word for fashion is אופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-2.m4a” /]. Thus in fashion or in style is באופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-3.m4a” /]תספורת קרחת כרגע באופנה. A bald haircut is in style at the moment. אופנה derives from the use of the root א.פ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-4.m4a” /] meaning way or manner: אופן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-5.m4a” /]. The root also…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]תִּסְפּוֹרֶת While the Hebrew word for barber is ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-2.m4a” /], the word for haircut is תספורת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-3.m4a” /]הוא מחפש מקום טוב לעשות תספורת. He’s looking for a good place to get (do) a haircut. This root, ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-4.m4a” /], is identical to that of the word book in appearance, but not…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לחפש-1.m4a” /]לְחַפֵּשׂ, לְבַקֵּשׁ, לְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ

מַשְׁמָעוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמעות-1.m4a”] Today’s intellectual pursuits almost always involve the visual capacity: to learn means to read, or to watch a video. But in antiquity, before everyone had access or knew how to read a printed text, much less watch a clip on YouTube, information arrived in the brain via the sense of hearing. Perhaps that’s…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-1.m4a” /]קְצַת, מְעַט In the first lesson of our Level 1 Hebrew course, we teach the common word for a little or a bit – קצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-2.m4a” /]. From that lesson: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-3.m4a” /]אני מדברת קצת עברית. I (a female) speak a little Hebrew. Another way of saying a little is מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-1.m4a” /]כֶּסֶף כִּיס One of the first words you’d learn in any basic Hebrew course is כסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-2.m4a” /] – money. Another word that’s useful but far less ubiquitous is כיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-3.m4a” /] – pocket. For example, a security guard at the airport might instruct you (a male): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-4.m4a” /]תרוקן את הכיסים. Empty your (the) pockets….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-1.m4a” /]לְרוֹקֵן If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you may know the Hebrew word for empty – ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-2.m4a” /] for masculine objects and ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-3.m4a” /] for feminine ones. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-4.m4a” /]למה הכוס שלך ריקה? Why is your (a male’s) glass empty? Modern Hebrew takes this Biblical word and plugs it into…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-1.m4a” /]פַּח The common Modern Hebrew word for garbage or rubbish is זבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-3.m4a” /]דני, תוציא את הזבל! Danny, take out the garbage! But historically, זבל referred specifically to fertilizer of animal droppings. The more generic term for waste, from Biblical times and on, is אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-4.m4a” /]. Then there’s פח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-1.m4a” /], which…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-1.m4a” /]כֵּלִים The Hebrew word for dishes is כלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-2.m4a” /]אני לא שומע אותך, אני שוטף כלים. I (a male) can’t hear you (a female), I’m washing (the) dishes. But כלים means dishes only in the plural. In the singular, כלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כלים-3.m4a” /] means vessel or tool, and is often used in conjunction with…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!