Archive for 'Learning Hebrew'
Music Video: (Ezlech Ba’Olam) – In your world Posted by Sean Young on Jul 29, 2013
Have you been listening to Israeli radio stations? Listening to songs is a great way to learn Hebrew – especially improves your listening skills. Two great stations that stream online are – Galgalatz: http://www.glgltz.co.il Reshet Gimmel: http://www.iba.org.il/gimmel If you want to find a listing of radio stations in Israel, check out http://radio.coolsite.co.il. The website is…
Real World Hebrew: Slang Posted by Sean Young on Jun 30, 2013
Hebrew is a living language. It’s always creating or borrowing new words from other languages. Most of the slang used today originates from the Big Orange (תל־אביב – Tel Aviv) itself and spreads throughout Israel pretty fast. There’s a word equivalent to “dude” or “girl”. For a guy, you’d use אורדון (ur-dun) and for a…
Vocabulary Building: C’mon baby, light my fire… Posted by Sean Young on Jun 23, 2013
In this post we’ll be looking at the root ד-ל-ק. As an example, we have the word לְהַדְלִיק (le’hadleek) “to light” or “kindle (a fire)”. This root is connected to fire or fuel. In fact, the word for fire is דְלֵיקָה (d’leikah). And when a person lights a fire, he or she מַדְלִיק (madleek)…
Hebrew Verbs in Action: lagur be… (to live in) Posted by Sean Young on May 9, 2013
In November last year, I wrote a post to learn how to ask where someone is from. Today I’m going to write how to say where you live through the use of the verb לָגוּר – ‘to live’. The form of “לָגוּר” in linguistic terms is in the infinitive. That means it is like…
Real World Hebrew: Throwback to 1904 Posted by Sean Young on Apr 26, 2013
We are going back in time when this book was published in Warsaw, Poland. This is a Hebrew primer intended for use after learning the alef-bet. It contains over 200 detailed illustrations, stories with review questions and a color chart. The pictures here are based on the copy currently housed at Yeshiva University Museum…
Israeli Top 10 Songs Posted by Sean Young on Apr 10, 2013
What are we listening to in Israel this week? Here are the top 10 songs that you may enjoy. Some are not from Israeli artists, but still enjoyed by all. And, as you can see, The Idan Raichel Project is on the chart twice. 1 – Anthony Hamilton Elayna Boynton- Freedom 2 – עידן עמדי…
Insight into Hebrew: Shalom! Posted by Sean Young on Mar 29, 2013
Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, prosperity, and welfare. It can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye and it can refer to either peace between two entities, or to the well-being, welfare or safety of an individual or a group of individuals. Shalom by itself is used in Modern Israeli…