Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]צָנוּם, רָזֶה If you know some basic Hebrew, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the word רזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /] – thin or skinny, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]הוא לא רזה ולא שמן. He is neither skinny nor fat. But רזה has a drawback: it could mean either skinny or thin, depending on context. Another word,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /]מַתְאִים בּוּל I had trouble finding an English equivalent for the expression מתאים בול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] – literally, fitting, bull(seye)! Anyway, here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /]הוא מתאים בול למה שאנחנו מחפשים. He fits exactly for what we’re looking for. מתאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] comes from the הפעיל verb להתאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/מתאים-בול-#.m4a” /] – to…

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…