חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
having trouble seeing the print? לִשְׁתּוֹל listen and repeat Last week I wrote about the Hebrew word for to plant – לִנְטוֹעַ listen and repeat. I’d like to make a couple of corrections and additions to that dose. 1. ט”ו בשבט listen and repeat (Tu Bishvat) takes place on the 15th of Shevat, not the 16th. …
מִגְרָשׁ מִשְׂחָקִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים4.mp3″ /] A game in Hebrew is מִשְׂחָק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים5.mp3″ /], from the root שׂ.ח.ק (s.kh.k) meaning playing. A court or a lot is a מִגְרָשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מגרש-משחקים6.mp3″ /], of the root ג.ר.שׁ (g.r.s) meaning expulsion or sending away (linguists theorize that people would send their animals away to graze in the מגרש, which was…
צְמִיחָה listen to this word pronounced We need your feedback! Let us know what kind of Hebrew fall course schedule we might offer you! Perhaps you’re familiar with the Hebrew word for plant – the kind you might find in your garden: צֶמַח (TSEH-mahkh). The growth of such a plant is called…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /]תָּמִים, חַף מִפֶּשַׁע The Hebrew word תמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /], in Biblical Hebrew, means complete, finished. It later came to be used as innocent, though often with a connotation of naivete. Take the words of the woman to her man with big plans, in this song: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/חף-מפשע-#.m4a” /]אל תהיה כל כך תמים. Don’t be so naive. Then there’s innocent…