Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

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/2022/01/עייפים-אך-מרוצים-#.m4a” /]עֲיֵיפִים אַךְ מְרוּצִּים This is an expression you’ll hear from people who are happy with their demanding careers, or parents thrilled to have a new baby who keeps them up at night: עייפים אך מרוצים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/עייפים-אך-מרוצים-#.m4a” /] – literally, (we’re) tired but happy. Even though the expression is in the plural, a single…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /]נוֹזְלִים The root נ.ז.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /] has to do with flowing, running, so that we have נזלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /] – a runny nose and נוזל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /] – fluid, or more in its more commonly-used form, נוזלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /] – fluids or liquids. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/נוזלים-#.m4a” /]כשחולים חשוב לשתות הרבה נוזלים. When sick, (it’s) important to…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /]שִׂיחַ חֵרְשִׁים A person who is hard of hearing is כבד שמיעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, while many such people are כבדי שמיעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /]. They might also be called חרשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] – deaf. The concept of deafness is borrowed in the expression שיח חרשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] – deaf conversation – which refers…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]חָמוּץ The word for sour in Hebrew is חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]. It works both physically – מלפפון חמוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /] is a pickle (literally a sour cucumber) – as well as figuratively: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/חמוץ-#.m4a” /]למה הפרצוף החמוץ? Why the sour face? A sour taste is often connected to fermentation, such as that of cucumbers becoming…