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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/בן-דוד-#.m4a” /]בֶּן דּוֹד, בַּת דּוֹדָה In English, we have one word for cousin. But in Hebrew, the term changes based on whether this cousin is a son or daughter… of an aunt or uncle. Though most Israelis are likely to refer to any male cousin as בן דוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/בן-דוד-#.m4a” /] (son of uncle) and to…
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 Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [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!
רשת One of my favorite Ehud Banai songs is בְּלוּז כְּנַעֲנִי (blooz knah-ah-NEE) – Caananite Blues. Ehud wrote the song in memory of his friend Meir Ariel, another musician who died tragically in 1999. One of the key words in the song is רֶשֶׁת (REH-shet), which means net. It’s also a term…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
גָּשׁוּם, לְהַגְשִׁים listen to this word pronounced Today was a rainy one here in Jerusalem. from jerusalemshots.com A rainy day is יוֹם גָּשׁוּם (yohm gah-SHOOM). Now גֶּשֶׁם (GHEH-shem) is rain, but it’s also the concept of materialism in certain contexts. To materialize or realize a dream – or to make a dream come true – is לְהַגְשִׁים חָלוֹם…