Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/פיתה-#.m4a” /]פִּיתָּה While לחם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/פיתה-#.m4a” /] is the generic word for bread, פיתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/פיתה-#.m4a” /] refers to that flatbread with a pocket that originated in the Middle East and has since taken over the world. Here’s a typical usage you might hear (or use) in Israel: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/פיתה-#.m4a” /]לשים את הפלאפל בפיתה או בלפה? Should…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ניתוח-אנליטי-#.m4a” /]נִיתּוּחַ, אָנָלִיזָה, נִיתּוּחַ אָנָלִיטִי The Hebrew word ניתוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ניתוח-אנליטי-#.m4a” /] appears already in Biblical Hebrew, where it comes close to the modern usage of the word as surgery (taking apart the body for medical purposes). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ניתוח-אנליטי-#.m4a” /]הוא צריך לעבור ניתוח. He needs to undergo surgery. Now, ניתוח also means analysis –…

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/לא-נעים-לי-#.m4a” /]לֹא נָעִים לִי לְהַגִּיד You may know the word נעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לא-נעים-לי-#.m4a” /] from the polite expression נעים מאוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לא-נעים-לי-#.m4a” /] – nice to meet you – literally, very pleasant. נעים has found its way into lots of Hebrew expressions, including לא נעים לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לא-נעים-לי-#.m4a” /] – I feel uncomfortable (it’s unpleasant for me) about something. Thus I hate…