קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for incense is קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ כָּאן רֵיחַ שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת. There’s a scent of incense here. listen The word’s root is ק.ט.ר (k.t.r), which gets plugged into the active-causative verb form to produce the word…
בְּהַצְלָחָה! How to go about wishing someone well varies from language to language and from culture to culture. In English, we say good luck – wishing the person good fortune, that the stars line up for them, that they find a four-leaf clover. In Hebrew, we say בְּהַצְלָחָה – literally, with success. A variation of…
having trouble seeing the print? רַמְזוֹר brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! Yesterday we probed the Hebrew expression, דַּי לַחֲכִּימָא בִּרְמִיזָא (DAH-ee lah-khah-KEE-mah beer-MEE-zah), an equivalent of the English, a word to the wise is sufficient. The Aramaic word רְמִיזָא (reh-MEE-zah, or classically,…
קַיִץ listen to this word pronounced Spring, in Hebrew, is אָבִיב (ah-VEEV); Passover is חַג הָאָבִיב (khahg hah-ah-VEEV). Today was a gorgeous יוֹם אָבִיבִי (yohm ah-vee-VEE) – spring day – here in Jerusalem. It was quite warm… but not quite hot, with the sun shining, the flowers blooming, and the city getting excited…
having trouble seeing the print? לִפְרוֹט Class starts January 29th! Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings now also in Ramat Beit Shemesh! Truth is, the expression לָתֵת עֹדֶף (lah-TET OH-def) – to give change – does exist. But when asking for change for a bank note or a more valuable coin, the verb…