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בְּרוּכִים הַבָּאִים The English word welcome is a composite of the words well and come, so that it might be rephrased as (I wish you) well (as you) come (to visit me). Thus Hebrew’s ברוך הבא – blessed is the comer – is a fairly direct translation. Now, ברוך הבא is when welcoming a male….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /]אֲוִויר The Hebrew word for air – אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – is borrowed from the Greek (ἄηρ = aer). It appears in such phrases as מזג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – weather, מיזוג אוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – air conditioning and לעשות שמיניות באוויר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אוויר-#.m4a” /] – doing figure eights in the air (same idea as jumping through hoops in…
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/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אֱמוּנָה To trust or rely on someone is לסמוך על מישהו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]אני סומך עליו בעיניים עצומות. I trust him with (my) eyes shut. But to believe in someone or something – to have faith in them – is -להאמין ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/אמונה-#.m4a” /]את יכולה, שרה. אני מאמין…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]הֲזָיָה When we see or hear things that are not really there, we’re either dreaming or hallucinating. While to dream in Hebrew is לחלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), to hallucinate is להזות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb). Likewise, hallucination is הזיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/הזיה-#.m4a” /]האם זה היה חלום או הזיה? Was that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להשלים-#.m4a” /]לְהַשְׁלִים If you’ve had even the slightest experience with Hebrew, you probably know that שלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להשלים-#.m4a” /] means not just hello and goodbye, but also peace. So it should come as no surprise that the word for to reconcile or to make peace with someone else is להשלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להשלים-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להשלים-#.m4a”…