Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-1.m4a” /]שָׂדוֹת וּפַרְדְּסִים If you’re not familiar with Hebrew agricultural terms, perhaps you know the word for airport – or, more accurately, air field – שדה תעופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-2.m4a” /]. The word שדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-3.m4a” /] means field. Even though fields are שדות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-4.m4a” /], the word שדה is a masculine noun, so that we have: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-5.m4a” /]בארץ ישראל יש…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חקלאות-1.m4a” /]חַקְלָאוּת Scientific terms in English tend to borrow from Latin and Greek. Agriculture, for example, comes from the Latin agri cultura meaning cultivation of land. Hebrew follows suit in this tendency, borrowing from Aramaic’s word for field – חקל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חקלאות-2.m4a” /] – to create חקלאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חקלאות-3.m4a” /] – agriculture. For example:   [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חקלאות-4.m4a” /]בגוש קטיף השיגו דברים…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עזרה-לזולת-1.m4a” /]עֶזְרָה לַזּוּלָת People respond to suffering in different ways. Some get angry, while others withdraw. Some repress, while others scream out. Some respond by making it their business to alleviate the suffering of others. To help others is, in Hebrew, לעזור לזולת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עזרה-לזולת-2.m4a” /] – literally, to help the other. And the idea of helping others is…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חולשה-1.m4a” /]חֻלְשָׁה The Hebrew word for weak is חלש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חולשה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חולשה-3.m4a” /]אמא, תכיני לי קפה, אבל לא מאוד חזק, חלש. Mom, make (prepare for) me coffee, but not very strong, weak. Likewise, the word for weakness is חולשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חולשה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חולשה-4.m4a” /]אדם שמכיר את עצמו היטב, גם מכיר את…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתחזק-1.m4a” /]לְהִתְחַזֵּק If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you may know the word for strong – חזק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתחזק-2.m4a” /]. For example (in the feminine): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתחזק-3.m4a” /]יש פה רוח חזקה מאוד. There’s a very strong wind here. חזק, a three-letter word, functions as a root, produces several other words such as להחזיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתחזק-5.m4a” /]…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /]עֹשֶׁר Yesterday, we saw the word for poverty – עוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-2.m4a” /], while a poor man is עני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-3.m4a” /]. On the flip side, the word for wealth is עושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /], and a rich man is עשיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-4.m4a” /] (a rich woman is עשירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-5.m4a” /]). A similar-sounding word is אושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /] – contentment…