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Weekly Hebrew Review – physically, mentally, it depends
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 . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
how to say “to disappear” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /]לְהֵעָלֵם The Hebrew word עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /] means world, but it also means eternity, and carries with it all the mystery that eternity has to offer. Thus it’s no surprise that the word for to disappear – להיעלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /] – comes from the same root. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /]לאן נעלמת? Where did you disappear to?…
how to say “work shift” in Hebrew
מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for a work shift is מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-2.mp3″ /]הִיא עוֹבֶדֶת בְּמִשְׁמָרוֹת לֹא קְבוּעוֹת. She works in inconsistent (not fixed) shifts. The root of משמרת is שׁ.מ.ר (sh.m.r) meaning to keep or to guard, so that משמרת originally referred to a shift of guarding something or…
how to say “headquarters” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /]מַטֶּה The word מטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /] means staff, as in the biblical command of God to Moses: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/מטה-#.m4a” /]קַח אֶת הַמַּטֶּה וְהַקְהֵל אֶת הָעֵדָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ (במדבר כ’, ח’) Take the staff and gather the congregation, you and Aaron your brother. (Numbers 20:8) מטה also means tribe in Biblical Hebrew (I guess people…
How do you say “enlightened” in Hebrew?
נאור A couple of years ago I worked with a man named נָאוֹר (nah-OHR), who runs a non-profit organization in Tel Aviv. I thought about it, looked it up to confirm, and discovered that his name indeed means enlightened. The female version of the word/name is נְאוֹרָה (ne-oh-RAH). The word/name is actually a…
how to say “to heal” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /]לְרַפֵּא, לְהֵירָפֵא How do you say to heal in Hebrew? It depends on whether you’re doing it to yourself or to someone else. To heal someone else is לרפא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /], a פיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/לרפא-#.m4a” /]התרופה ריפאה אותו לחלוטין. The medication healed him completely. In this example, the medication is doing…