Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עמק-#.m4a” /]עֵמֶק, בִּקְעָה Hebrew has two words for the geological phenomenon we call in English a valley. עמק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עמק-#.m4a” /] is the more common term. The word is composed of the root ע.מ.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עמק-#.m4a” /] meaning deep: a valley is a deep part of the land, when compared with the mountains around it. For…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]מֵי תְּהוֹם תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /], appearing in both the first and final portions of the Torah, means abyss or the depths. Thus the water found down there is מי תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /] – waters of the depths or groundwater. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]הרבה מהמים שאנחנו שותים בישראל באים מהכנרת, והרבה ממי תהום. Lots of water that…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מכר-#.m4a” /]מַכָּר How do you say to know in Hebrew? Depends on whether you’re talking about knowing information or a person. For the former, it’s לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מכר-#.m4a” /]. For the latter – being familiar with someone or something – it’s להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מכר-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a person you know, though perhaps not so well – an acquaintance –…

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/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /]שִׁיפּוּדִים In English, the word skewers might get you thinking of a barbecue. The Hebrew word שיפודים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] does the same. To get specific with the type of meat (or vegetables) on the skewer, you’d turn שיפודים into שיפודי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/שיפודים-#.m4a” /] – literally, skewers of – and then add the item of your…