THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE OF HEBREW – how to say “number” and what that has to do with stories and hair
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אמין This entry was requested by Stan. Thanks Stan! Keep them coming! If you would like to request an entry from Ktzat Ivrit, please go here. If you’ve been minimally affiliated with any Judeo-Christian institution… ever, you’re familiar with the word אָמֵן (ah-MEN) – amen. The three-letter root of the word makes…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /]מִילִּים גַּסּוֹת, קְלָלוֹת I grew up in Los Angeles, where half of my class in school spoke Farsi. As a youth, which words did I naturally I pick up? The curse words – in Hebrew, מילים גסות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – literally coarse words, or simply קללות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a” /] – curses. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/קללות-#.m4a”…
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/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]זֵכֶר While זיכרון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have in our brains or hard drives, זכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /] refers to the memory we have of someone or something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]לא נשאר מהם זכר. Not a remnant was left of them. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/זכר-זיכרון-#.m4a” /]יהי זכרם ברוך. May their…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]אַמִּיץ The Hebrew root א.מ.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] means strong, bold, alert. It appears such words as מאמץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – an effort and אמיץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /] – brave, when referring to a male. Brave referring to a female is אמיצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אמיץ-#.m4a” /]היא בחורה אמיצה ביותר. She is a very brave young…