Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]תַּעֲשִׂיַּת הַיַּיִן Such a beloved item among people, it’s no surprise that the word for wine is similar in many languages. In Hebrew, it’s יין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]. Here’s a Biblical example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a” /]ויין ישמח לבב אנוש. (תהלים ק”ד, ט”ו) And wine gladdens the human heart. (Psalms 104:15) The word for industry is תעשייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/תעשיית-היין-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]לִטְעוֹם The Hebrew word טעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /] means taste or flavor. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]יש לזה טעם של בוטנים. It has a flavor of peanuts. To taste is the simple verb לטעום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/לטעום-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת פיסול, והוא טועם יין. She studies sculpting, and he tastes wine.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /]פִּסּוּל If you’ve read some of the Bible in Hebrew, you are almost certainly familiar with the word פסל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /] – graven image or statue. There, the simple פעל verb לפסול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /] means to chisel, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/פיסול-#.m4a” /]פְּסָל לְךָ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים (שמות ל”ד, א’) Chisel out two stone tablets like 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/2018/07/לעקוב-#.m4a” /]לַעֲקֹב If you’ve got a good eye for Hebrew roots and a familiarity with Biblical figures, you might spot the connection between the פעל verb לעקוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לעקוב-#.m4a” /] – to follow, and יעקב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לעקוב-#.m4a” /] – Jacob, right away: the root ע.ק.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לעקוב-#.m4a” /] means heel, so that when we follow someone, we’re tracing their footsteps. לעקוב…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שילוט-#.m4a” /]שִׁלּוּט Yesterday we saw a sign – or rather, that a sign in the printed, instructional sense is שלט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שילוט-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. A system of signs – signage – is שילוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שילוט-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שילוט-#.m4a” /]השילוט בכביש הזה לא משהו. The signage on this road is not great (not something). In English…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]סִימָן, שֶׁלֶט A sign in the spiritual sense is סימן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]חיכיתי לסימן שיהיה בסדר. I waited for a sign that it would okay. סימן also means a marker, such as that on a hiking trail: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/שלט-#.m4a” /]שימו לב לסימני הדרך. Pay attention to the path markers. (spoken to more than…