Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לבוא-בדרישות-#.m4a” /]לָבוֹא בִּדְרִישׁוֹת To demand or to require something in Hebrew is the simple verb לדרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לבוא-בדרישות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לבוא-בדרישות-#.m4a” /]בעבודה דורשים ממני להישאר שעות נוספות. At work they are requiring of me to stay extra hours. But no one likes being demanded of to do things. So here’s an expression that can be…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /]בֵּין הַיֶּתֶר The Hebrew word for between or among is בין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /]כדי להגיע לכביש הראשי צריך ללכת בין הבתים. In order to get to the main street you need to walk between the houses. Among other things is בין היתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/בין-היתר-#.m4a” /] – literally, among the rest. For example: [audioclip…

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/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]דֶּקֶל Like Beverly Hills, the Israeli landscape boasts lots of palm trees. In Hebrew, these are דקלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /], while a single palm is דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]. You could also say עץ דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /] – literally palm tree, or its plural – עצי דקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/דקל-#.m4a” /]הרחוב מקושט בעצי דקל. The…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרֶיךָ In English, after you is two separate words. In Hebrew, it’s one word – אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] (after) with an ending indicating which you we’re talking about: אחריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a male, אחרייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to a female, אחריכם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a” /] to more than one male or a mixed-gendered group, and אחריכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אחריך-#.m4a”…