how to say “race” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מֵרוּץ, גֶּזַע     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!     The English word race has two meanings: there’s the race in which people contend, and there’s race as a subdivision of humanity. one of Israel’s favorite TV shows: הַמירוץ לַמִּלְיוֹן The Race…

how to say “make yourself at home” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? תַּרְגִּישׁוּ בַּבַּיִת     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!     The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world is all about the gift of the Land of Israel and the tragedies involved…

how to say “to keep at a distance” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְהַרְחִיק, לְהִתְרַחֵק     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!     The Hebrew root for distance is ר.ח.ק (r.kh.k); far is רָחוֹק (rah-KHOHK). To move something or someone away is לְהַרְחִיק (leh-hahr-KHEEK). להרחיק is an active-causative הפעיל verb. For example:  הוּא הִרְחִיק אֶת…

how to say “distance” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מֶרְחָק     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!     If you’ve got a rudimentary Hebrew vocabulary, you probably know the word for far – רָחוֹק (rah-KHOHK). This essential adjective has cognates (words with similar origin) in several other…

how to say “to delegate” in Hebrew

having trouble seeing the print? לְהַאֲצִיל סַמְכוּיוֹת   brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! In the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the world, G-d eases מֹשֶׁה – Moses (moh-SHEH) of some of his burden in leading the Children of Israel by stating…

Special announcement: Live Hebrew course online starting June 27

Special announcement: Live Hebrew course online starting June 27

Special announcement:Live Hebrew course onlineStarting June 27(your daily dose of Hebrew follows) We are offering our world-class conversational Hebrew course for beginners, online via Skype, starting June 27. The course will meet twice a week for two hours, for eight weeks. To ensure video quality, the class size is limited to five students.Get a taste of…

how to say “to be a smart aleck” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְחַכֵּם     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!   Along the theme of wisdom that we touched upon earlier this week is the behavior of using intelligence and wisdom for purposes of self exploitation.  In English we call this…

how (and why) to say “traffic light” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? רַמְזוֹר     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!   Yesterday we probed the Hebrew expression, דַּי לַחֲכִּימָא בִּרְמִיזָא (DAH-ee lah-khah-KEE-mah beer-MEE-zah), an equivalent of the English, a word to the wise is sufficient. The Aramaic word רְמִיזָא (reh-MEE-zah, or classically,…

how to say “a word to the wise is sufficient” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? דַּי לַחֲכִּימָא בִּרְמִיזָא     brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out!   The Vilna Gaon There are those who need a message repeated to them over and over… and there are those who need to hear it just once….

how to say “enough” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מַסְפִּיק, דַּי   brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online   There are two words in Hebrew that mean enough. First word by Eran Finkle taken in Bet Yehoshua, Israel מַסְפִּיק (mahs-PEEK) comes from the root ס.פ.ק (s.p.k) meaning sufficiency. מספיק is an adjective and adverb deriving from the active-causative הפעיל…