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| זַמָּר מְפֻרְסָם
a famous singer
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| זַמָּר מְפֻרְסָם
a famous singer
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /]שַׁמְרָן, שַׁמְרָנִית In the US, conservative is almost synonymous with politically right-wing. In Israel, someone conservative – שמרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] or שמרנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] – refers to the personality trait meaning of the word, while ימני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] (masculine) or ימנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /] (feminine) is someone right-wing. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/שמרן-#.m4a” /]הוא מאוד…
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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
יציאה The Hebrew root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) carries the concept of leaving or exiting. יְצִיאָה (ye-tsee-AH) most often refers to an exit, such as in this photo: But יציאה also refers to an exodus, such as יְצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם (ye-tsee-AHT meets-RAH-yeem – Egypt). Likewise, those who exited a particular land on their way to the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /]אֲדִיבוּת The word אדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – courteous comes to Hebrew via the Arabic word أديب[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] (adeeb), referring to a scholar, presumably a person of manners. When Eliezer Ben Yehuda coined this term, he must have had in mind the word נדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – generous, first appearing in Biblical Hebrew….