Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /]כְּרַעַם בְּיוֹם בָּהִיר Something completely unexpected comes out of the blue in English – in Hebrew, כרעם ביום בהיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /] – like thunder on a clear day. Something coming כרעם ביום בהיר typically puts a damper on things, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/רעם-#.m4a” /]ואז, כרעם ביום בהיר, התפרצה המלחמה. And then, out of 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/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /]דַּקּוּיוֹת The Hebrew word for subtle in the sense of not obvious because of its complexity is דק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /] – literally, thin, fine (something subtle is very fine). Likewise, דקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /] is a minute – a sliver of an hour. Here’s דק in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דקויות-#.m4a” /]יש הבדל דק אבל חשוב בין שתי האמירות….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]כֵּהֶה עוֹר חשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark when referring to darkness – the absence of light. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /]חשוך פה. It’s dark (in) here. כהה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /], however, refers to dark as distinguished from a light or bright color, so that כהה עור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/כהה-עור-#.m4a” /] means dark-skinned when referring to a male, while כהת…