Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְפִּיץ To jump, in Hebrew, is לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to bounce – or to cause something to jump – is להקפיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקפיץ-#.m4a” /]. But this הפעיל verb has additional meanings including to make someone angry (to cause their blood pressure to jump), and to give someone a ride (to bounce them from one place to another,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיכָּנַע, לְוַותֵּר The Hebrew word for to give up is להיכנע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], a נפעל verb of the root כ.נ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /] meaning surrender.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]הוא לא נכנע ללחצים חברתיים. He doesn’t give in to social pressures. Another word sometimes used as to give up is the פיעל verb לוותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]בָּצֵק The kind of dough from which one might bake is בצק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]הבצק מוכן – אפשר להכניס אותו לתנור. The dough is ready – you can put it in the oven. Another word, עיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /], means dough as well, but can also refer to any…

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/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /]הַלְּוַואי, מִי יִתֵּן, לוּ יְהִי Hebrew has several ways of expressing a wish such as “if only!” The one that Israelis use in everyday speech is הלוואי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /]הלוואי והיה לי זמן לעשות את הכול. If only I had time to do it all. הלוואי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/הלוואי-#.m4a” /] comes from…