Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]יַצִּיב When you saw the word stable perhaps you thought of horses. The word for that kind of stable in Hebrew is אורוה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]. But stable in the sense of whether something will stay in tact or fall is יציב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/יציב-#.m4a” /]הגשר הזה נראה לי לא יציב. This…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/נראות-#.m4a” /]רְאוּת, נִרְאוּת Visibility, in English, can mean one of two things. It can refer to how visible faraway objects are given weather conditions – this is ראות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/נראות-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/נראות-#.m4a” /]ביום בהיר עם ראות טובה אפשר לראות מפה את החרמון. On a clear day with good visibility, you…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /]לִיפּוֹל מֵהַכִּיסֵּא Hebrew’s phrase for this expression of shock is the same as the English – ליפול מהכיסא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /] – literally, to fall off the chair (as usual, Hebrew uses -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /] – the instead of a possessive pronoun such as your). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ליפול-מהכיסא-#.m4a” /]כשהיא תשמע את הסיפור הזה היא תיפול…

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/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]סִפְרָה The Hebrew word for digit is ספרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]. Its root is ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of מספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /] – number. Digits are ספרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]נא להקיש את ארבע הספרות האחרונות של כרטיס האשראי. Please enter (press) the last four digits of your (the) credit…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יְלָדִים While the Biblical-Hebrew word for children in general is טף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], Modern Hebrew prefers the more basic word ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], the plural of ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /] – (male) child. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יש לנו באולפן לעניין תוכנית מיוחדת לילדים. We at Ulpan La-Inyan have a special program for kids. Listening…