פ.ת.ח. Perhaps you know the word לִפְתּוֹח (leef-TOH-ah) – to open. If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer, you more than likely know the verse פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת יָדֶךָ וּמַשְׂבִּיעַ לְכָל חָי רָצוֹן (poh-TEH-ah et yah-DEH-khah oo-mahs-BEE-ah le-KHOL khai rah-TSOHN) – You open your hand and satiate all those that live with favor. The Hebrew…
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…
שלב, במה There’s the stage that people perform on, and the stage that is similar in meaning to rung, level, etc. The stage where plays and concerts take place is a בָּמָה (bah-MAH). Likewise, a director of a show, or a film for that matter, is a בַּמַּאִי (bah-MAH-ee). The plural is בָּמוֹת (bah-MOHT). …
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /]פֶּצַע If you look at the word פצע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /] – wound, cut, bruise – you’ll see that the first two letters are פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /] and צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /]. Hebrew roots that start with פ.צ have to do with splitting of some kind, for example לפצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /] – to split off, לפצח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/פצע-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /]לִזְרֹק, לְהַשְׁלִיךְ You may know the Hebrew word for to throw – לזרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb. For example: זרוק את הכדור![audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /] Throw the ball! (to a male) But perhaps you didn’t know that לזרוק also means to toss into the garbage, for example: הגיע הזמן לעשות סדר ולזרוק פה כמה דברים.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a”…