[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צלם-אנוש-#.m4a” /]צֶלֶם אֱנוֹשׁ This expression doesn’t have a direct parallel in English. It’s צלם אנוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צלם-אנוש-#.m4a” /], and it means literally the image of human. It means something like humanness, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צלם-אנוש-#.m4a” /]הנאצים איבדו כל צלם אנוש. The Nazis lost every (trace) of humanness. Broken down: צלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צלם-אנוש-#.m4a” /] – image אנוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/צלם-אנוש-#.m4a” /] – humanity. The…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/סכנה-1.m4a” /]סַכָּנָה If you’ve spent enough time around kids in Israel, you almost certainly know the word מסוכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/סכנה-2.m4a” /] – dangerous, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/סכנה-3.m4a” /]אסור לחצות את הכביש בלי להסתכל – זה מסוכן! It’s not allowed to cross the street without looking – it’s dangerous! A related word is the one for danger itself:…
עֹמֶק listen to this word pronounced Last night I stayed up late with my roommates translating the Irish band U2’s hit from the 90’s, “One.” Here’s what we came up with. The lyrics to the song display depth – עומק (OH-mek) – יֵשׁ לָשִּׁיר הַזֶּה עֹמֶק (yesh lah-SHEER hah-ZEH OH-mek) – this song has depth….
וְרִיד, עוֹרֶק listen to these words pronounced I’m late on the word of the day… so I figured I’d give y’all a double portion. I remember, either from science class as a kid or from my mom telling me, that veins bring blood to the heart, while arteries take blood away from the heart. In…
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…