Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפריע-1.m4a” /]אַל תַּפְרִיעַ לִי The title of an ancient Egyptian king is Pharaoh, פרעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפריע-2.m4a” /] in Hebrew. But though it’s composed of the letters פ.ר.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להפריע-3.m4a” /], the authentically Egyptian word פרעה has nothing to do with the authentic Hebrew root פ.ר.ע meaning loose, let go. The Hebrew פ.ר.ע forms, among others, the root…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נהג-צמוד-1.m4a” /]נֵהָג צָמוּד As you may recognize, chauffeur comes directly from French. Hebrew does not borrow the word for such a personal driver from another language, but rather comes up with its own term: נהג צמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נהג-צמוד-1.m4a” /] – literally, linked driver, where נהג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נהג-צמוד-2.m4a” /] means driver and צמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נהג-צמוד-3.m4a” /] means linked or stuck to. For example:…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/במאי-קולנוע-1.m4a” /]בַּמַּאי קוֹלְנוֹעַ The word for a director who orchestrates the production of a play or a movie is במאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/במאי-קולנוע-2.m4a” /] for a male and במאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/במאי-קולנוע-3.m4a” /] for a female. They derive from the word במה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/במאי-קולנוע-4.m4a” /], which once referred to the platform on which people would perform religious rituals including sacrifice (containing…

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! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-1.m4a” /]בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל, בְּאֹפֶן כְּלָלִי Yesterday we saw that דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-2.m4a” /] means path or way, as well as through. To create a term for usually, Modern Hebrew put together the words בדרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-3.m4a” /] – on a path and כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-4.m4a” /] – general, so that usually is בדרך כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/בדרך-כלל-5.m4a” /] – on path of general. This is similar to the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דרך-האינטרנט-1.m4a” /]דֶּרֶךְ הָאִינְטֶרְנֶט The Hebrew word דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דרך-האינטרנט-2.m4a” /] means path or way, but it also means through. I can’t help but wonder whether through comes from דרך – look at how similar the sounds d and th are, and how the coarse guttural kh sound is how gh used to be pronounced in English. Look at the German durch meaning by, through: these English…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתגורר-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מִתְגוֹרֵר בְּ… The common expression for to live as in to reside is לגור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתגורר-2.m4a” /], a hollow simple verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתגורר-3.m4a” /]גרתי בארצות הברית. I lived in the United States. And לגור works for living at the moment as well: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתגורר-5.m4a” /]איפה אתה גר? Where are you (a male) living? / Where…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-1.m4a” /]טוּרְקְיָה Turkey that gobble gobbles and is eaten on Thanksgiving is, in Hebrew, תרנגול הודו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-2.m4a” /] – literally, chicken of India (think American Indian). But the country Turkey is טורקיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/טורקיה-3.m4a” /]יש טיסות זולות לאיטליה דרך טורקיה. There are cheap tickets to Italy via Turkey. Another spelling of…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-1.m4a” /]מֵאָה אָחוּז, מֵאָה אֲחוּזִים The Hebrew word for percent is אחוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-2.m4a” /], which literally means grasped or held: a percent is one grasped of a hundred. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מאה-אחוז-3.m4a” /]האם אני רוצה לצאת לטיול? מאה אחוז! Do I want go on the trip? One hundred percent! Now, אחוז here appears in the singular. Also acceptable would be to…

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! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /]לֵךְ עַל זֶה The Hebrew expression for go for it, when spoken to a male anyway, is לך על זה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-1.m4a” /] – literally, go on it, conjuring the image of going on a path. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לך-על-זה-2.m4a” /]רוצה ללמוד שיווק דיגיטלי? לך על זה! You (a male) want to study digital marketing? Go for…