Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לשאול-ללוות-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁאוֹל, לִלְווֹת The Hebrew for to ask is לשאול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לשאול-ללוות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/לשאול-ללוות-#.m4a” /]שאלתי אותך שאלה, אתה לא שומע אותי? I asked you (a male) a question, you don’t hear me? לשאול – a simple verb – also means to borrow – to ask for something for a while, as I might ask…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מורשת-קרב-#.m4a” /]מוֹרֶשֶׁת קְרָב As a fact of life, an integral part of a nation’s heritage is almost always the wars and battles it fought for its existence*. So when a guide (corona permitting) takes the tourist of Israel to the fields of the Golan Heights, to the neighborhoods of Jerusalem or even to 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/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /]יוֹם נִפְלָא Hebrew has many ways of wishing someone a good day. There’s the simple יום טוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – good day, יום נהדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – a great day, יום מצוין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – an excellent day and יום נפלא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/יום-נפלא-#.m4a” /] – a wonderful day – among others. For example: [audioclip…