Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-1.m4a” /]הֲגִירָה, נְדִידָה In light of the current waves of migration, here’s the most common word for it in Hebrew: הגירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-3.m4a” /]לאחרונה ראינו גלי הגירה מארצות מצוקה למערב אירופה. Recently we’ve seen waves of migration from poor countries to Western Europe. Immigration – incoming migration – is הגירה נכנסת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הגירה-4.m4a” /]…

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/הר-געש-1.m4a” /]הַר גַּעַשׁ The History Channel once aired a documentary claiming a scientific explanation for the Ten Plagues wrought on the Egyptians in Biblical times. In this show, Exodus Decoded, the presenter suggests that a volcanic eruption in southern Europe set forth a chain of events that poisoned and colored the Nile, killing off all river life except…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-1.m4a” /]לְיַבֵּשׁ If the Hebrew word for dry is יבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-2.m4a” /], the verb to dry is the active-intensive ליבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-1.m4a” /], sometimes spelled לייבש. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לייבש-3.m4a” /]לוקח הרבה זמן בחורף לייבש את הכביסה על המרפסת. It takes a long time in the winter to dry the laundry on the balcony. לייבש is also a slang term for making…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-1.m4a” /]יַבֶּשֶׁת The Hebrew word for dry is יבש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-2.m4a” /]. So dry land is יבשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-3.m4a” /], as in this partial Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יבשת-4.m4a” /]וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָלְכוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם. (שמות י”ד) And the Children of Israel walked on the dry land inside the sea. (Exodus 14) In Biblical Hebrew, יבשה is used synonymously with…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]חֲלָלִית Yesterday we saw that חלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-2.m4a” /] means space, and החלל החיצון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-3.m4a” /] means outer space. I gave the example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-4.m4a” /]אריק תמיד רצה לנסוע לחלל החיצון. Arik has always wanted to go to outer space. But how would he get there? With a space shuttle, of course – a חללית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-1.m4a” /]. For example, Arik might say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חללית-5.m4a” /]מי…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-1.m4a” /]הֶחָלָל הַחִיצוֹן This one’s for all of you Star Wars fans. Last week, we saw the term for personal space – מרחב אישי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-2.m4a” /]. The word מרחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/החלל-החיצון-3.m4a” /] there refers to space in the sense of an expansive place, or a place where events take place. The word for space as in empty space or a cavity is…

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!

Take the YDDH Challenge! January – June 2015 July – December 2015 [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /]שְׁלִיחוּת The simple Hebrew verb לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-2.m4a” /] means to send, and שליחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-1.m4a” /] means errand or mission. This mission could be one with a clear dispatcher and emissary, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שליחות-3.m4a” /]אנחנו בארצות הברית השנה בשליחות מטעם הסוכנות היהודית. We are in the United…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-1.m4a” /]מֶרְחָב אִישִׁי If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for street – רחוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-2.m4a” /]. This word’s root ר.ח.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-3.m4a” /] means wide, so that it also forms the basis of the word for a space, מרחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-4.m4a” /], a masculine word. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מרחב-אישי-5.m4a” /]בכפרים יש מרחבים פתוחים. In the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-1.m4a” /]גְּדִילָה, צְמִיחָה Yesterday we saw the word for tumor or a growth – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-2.m4a” /]. On a more cheerful note, growth in human-developmental sense is גדילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-4.m4a” /]הרופא מודד לפרקים את גדילת הילד. The (male) doctor occasionally measures the boy’s growth. Don’t confuse גדילה with גלידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-5.m4a” /], the word for ice cream. For…