practice and own this week’s doses of Hebrew!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]הַשְּׁאָר, הַיֶּתֶר The root ש.א.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] brings us the הפעיל verb to leave behind – להשאיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /], as well as השאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest. שאר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] with the -ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] prefix appears only in construct (סמיכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /]) phrases such as שאר האנשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/השאר-#.m4a” /] – the rest…

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/פעם-ביובל-#.m4a” /]פַּעַם בְּיוֹבֵל, פַּעַם בְּ- Once in a blue moon means once in a really long time. Hebrew’s expression for this draws upon the Bible: פעם ביובל[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/פעם-ביובל-#.m4a” /] – once in a Jubilee, which, in Biblical times, would place once every 50 years. But the full expression פעם ביובל has generally…