Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]לֹא לְהִיבָּהֵל Hebrew’s word for a state of panic is בהלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be startled or to panic is להיבהל, a נפעל verb of the root ב.ה.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. So to tell someone don’t panic, you might say אל תיבהל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male or אל תיבהלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if she’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת יְחָסִים, קֶשֶׁר A technical translation of relationship to Hebrew is מערכת יחסים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /] – a system of relations. Though people do use this expression occasionally in day-to-day conversation, you’re more likely to read it in a printed text. Take this article title for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/קשר-#.m4a” /]עשרים טיפים מעולים שיועילו לכל מערכת…

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/2020/12/דמי-חנוכה-#.m4a” /]דְּמֵי חְנוּכָּה The Yiddish word געלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/דמי-חנוכה-#.m4a” /] (in German it’s Geld) means money. It’s not hard to see that this word is related to the English gold. This custom of giving children money on Hannukah (or chocolate money in golden wrapping), known to English speakers as Hannukah gelt, is to the Israeli child דמי…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /]הִיפּוֹפּוֹטָם, סוּס הַיְּאוֹר The English word hippopotamus comes from Greek, as does the more common Hebrew term for the animal – היפופוטם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /]. The Greek word means river horse, which gives rise to the term that is authentically Hebrew: סוס היאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a” /] – literally, horse of the Nile. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/היפופוטם-#.m4a”…