Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]הִתְקַדְּמוּת The Hebrew root ק.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] means early/first/before. It’s the root of the word !קדימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] – let’s go!, literally, ahead! It’s also the root of להתקדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /] – to advance or to make progress. Thus advancement or progress are התקדמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/התקדמות-#.m4a” /]אנחנו חיים בעולם של התקדמות בקצב מסחרר. We live in a…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /]בְּקֶצֶב מְסַחְרֵר The Hebrew word for pace or beat is קצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /]. For example, a guitarist might call out to their percussionists: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /]תנו לי קצב! Give me a beat! While dizziness is סחרחורת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /], dizzying is מסחרר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /], so that at a dizzying pace is בקצב מסחרר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/בקצב-מסחרר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/כרטיס-ברכה-#.m4a” /]כַּרְטִיס בְּרָכָה The Hebrew word for card is כרטיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/כרטיס-ברכה-#.m4a” /], a word borrowed from the Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartes). כרטיס also means ticket, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/כרטיס-ברכה-#.m4a” /]שרה, קנית כרטיסים להופעה? Sarah, have you bought tickets for the show? A greeting card is כרטיס ברכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/כרטיס-ברכה-#.m4a” /] – literally, card of blessing. For example:…

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/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]עָצְמָתִי The basic Hebrew word for power or energy is כוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /]אין לי כוח! I don’t have energy! (I don’t feel like it!) But the adjective form, כוחני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /], means forceful, which has a negative connotation. So what’s the word for powerful, which has a positive connotation? That’s עוצמתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/עוצמתי-#.m4a” /],…