THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE – how to say “thing” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מה-זאת-אומרת-1.m4a” /]מַה הַכַּוָּנָה? מַה זּׁאת אוֹמֶרֶת? Text has dominated among the communication media in recent decades. But key elements of communication are lost in text – body language and tone of voice. Thus the question, What do you mean? could sound genuinely curious, or it could sound argumentative or dismissive. Hebrew’s מה הכוונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מה-זאת-אומרת-2.m4a” /] – literally, what’s the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]חֲצוֹצְרָה Ancient Israelites used two instruments to announce their presence: a שופר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – shofar or a horn, and a חצוצרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /] – a metallic instrument like the modern-day trumpet. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/חצוצרה-#.m4a” /]תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה, חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה. (הושע ה’, ח’) Sound the shofar on the hill, the trumpet on the plateau. (Hosea 5:8) Here’s an…