[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-1.m4a” /]עַקְרָב For those of us who live in the desert, עקרבים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-2.m4a” /] – scorpions – could be a real issue. Note that when speaking of one such animal the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-3.m4a” /] in the word עקרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עקרב-1.m4a” /] has a soft v sound, but when speaking of more than one, it’s עקרבים with a…
מְלַאי Yesterday, I introduced the word חִסּוּל (khee-SOOL), in honor of the חיסול of Osama Bin Laden. Several readers wrote to me noting that לְחַסֵּל (leh-khah-SEL) means not only to finish something (or someone) off, but is also commonly used to mean liquidation, particularly in the phrase חיסול הַמְּלַאי (khee-SOOL hah-meh-LAH-ee) – liquidation…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]לֹא לְהִיבָּהֵל Hebrew’s word for a state of panic is בהלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be startled or to panic is להיבהל, a נפעל verb of the root ב.ה.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /]. So to tell someone don’t panic, you might say אל תיבהל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male or אל תיבהלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לא-להיבהל-#.m4a” /] if she’s…
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 [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!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עיוורון-#.m4a” /]עִיוָּורוֹן The Hebrew word for blind is עיוור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עיוורון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עיוורון-#.m4a” /]בשכונת קרית משה בירושלים יש בית ספר לעיוורים. In the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem there’s a school for the blind. Blindness is עיוורון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עיוורון-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/עיוורון-#.m4a” /]הוא נולד עם עיוורון חלקי. He was born with partial…