. . שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה This one’s for ליאת (Liat). If you’ve got some Hebrew, the first word that may have come to mind for scandal is סְקַנְדָּל (skahn-DAHL). But there’s another word: שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה (shah-ah-roo-ree-YAH). This word appears in Biblical Hebrew and is derived from the adjective שֹׁעַר (SHOH-ahr), meaning vile. For example… אֵיזוֹ שׁערורייה! (EH-ee-zoh shah-ah-roo-ree-YAH)…
מַטָּס I just looked up the sister-entry to this one, turns out it’s been over a year! That took me by surprise… I’m referring to my entry on the flotilla – מַשָּׁט (mah-SHAHT) that tried making its way to Gaza in June 2010. Anyway, this entry refers to the…
Suppose you’re standing in a line at the bank that seems abnormally slow. Within a few minutes the reason becomes apparent when someone behind the glass tells another customer, “there’s a glitch in the system.” In Hebrew, the teller would say, יֵשׁ תַּקָּלָה בַּמַּעֲרֶכֶת (yesh tah-kah-LAH bah-mah-ah-REH-khet).
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /]רֹשֶׁם רִאשׁוֹנִי While לכתוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /] is to write, לרשום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /] is to jot down, essentially to make an impression on a piece of paper. Likewise, רושם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /] is an impression. And a first impression is רושם ראשוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /], literally initial impression. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/רושם-ראשוני-#.m4a” /]החיוך שלך יעשה רושם ראשוני טוב, רונה. Your smile will make…
מוֹשֵׁךְ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מושך-1.mp3″ /] Hebrew borrows lots of words from English and the Romance languages, such as telephone – טֶלֶפוֹן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מושך-2.mp3″ /], function – פוּנְקְצְיָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מושך-3.mp3″ /], and metaphor – מֶטָפוֹרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מושך-4.mp3″ /]. In all these cases, the meaning is the same in both English and Hebrew. In the case of the word attractive – imported…