Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]תַּשְׁלוּם We teach the Hebrew word for to pay – לשלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /] – in our Level 2 course. It’s a פיעל verb whose root is ש.ל.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /] meaning completion: when we pay, we complete a transaction. A payment is תשלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]. For example, a waiter may say to you: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]חמאה זה בתוספת…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]חֶמְאָה In biblical times, חמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /] referred to curds or leben. Today it refers to butter: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]דודה שלי מכינה חמאה ביתית! My aunt makes homemade butter! I’m guessing that חמאה is called such because separating curds from whey (going back to the biblical חמאה) requires heat – חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]. The…

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/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /]אֲדֹנִי הַשּׁוֹפֵט, גְּבִרְתִּי הַשּׁוֹפֶטֶת In English, we shorten the expression your honor, the judge to simple your honor. Hebrew’s version of this statement of polite reverence is אדוני השופט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /] – my master, the judge or גברתי השופטת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /] – my lady, the judge. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/אדוני-השופט-#.m4a” /]אדוני השופט, עם כל הכבוד… Your honor, with…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /]עִם כָּל הַכָּבוֹד You may know the congratulatory Hebrew phrase, כל הכבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /] – literally, all the respect (to you). If so, the expression in this post should be easy for you to adopt: עם כל הכבוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/עם-כל-הכבוד-#.m4a” /] – with all (due) respect. For example, Talia’s mother might say to her somewhat facetiously:…