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מִשְׁקוֹלוֹת Can’t read Hebrew yet? Modern Israel’s currency is the New Shekel – הַשֶּׂקֶל הֶחָדָשׁ , but the word שֶׁקֶל goes way back to Biblical times, when it referred to the value of a gold or silver coin based on its weight. The root שׁ.ק.ל (sh.k.l) means weight. It is the source of several words…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסקה-1.m4a” /]פִּסְקָה, קֶטַע Most Israelis are likely to use the word קטע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסקה-2.m4a” /] to refer to a paragraph. The word means literally, section or part. It also means something to the effect of riot as in the exclamation איזה קטע![audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסקה-3.m4a” /] – What a riot! Another word for paragraph is פסקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פסקה-5.m4a” /]. You may recognize the root…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /]לְהֵעָלֵם The Hebrew word עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /] means world, but it also means eternity, and carries with it all the mystery that eternity has to offer. Thus it’s no surprise that the word for to disappear – להיעלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /] – comes from the same root. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/להיעלם-#.m4a” /]לאן נעלמת? Where did you disappear to?…
קָשׁוּחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קשוח-1.mp3″ /] The word for hard is קָשֶׁה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קשוח-2.mp3″ /], whose root is the three letters that appear in the word. The word for tough, as a character trait, is קָשׁוּחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קשוח-1.mp3″ /]. Its root is ק.שׁ.ח (k.sh.kh), almost the same as קשה. The word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/קשוח-3.mp3″ /]הִיא בּוֹסִית קְשׁוּחָה מְאֹד. She’s…
having trouble seeing the print? מַלְכֹּדֶת BEGINNERS Hebrew Course Starts Mid-February Jerusalem . Tel Aviv Today a horrible tragedy was reported from Brazil, where hundreds of people were trapped inside a nightclub as it burned down. The Biblical-Hebrew root ל.כ.ד (l.k.d) means enclosure or trapping. Some of the words it produces, in use today, are: מַלְכֹּדֶת – a trap לִלְכּוֹד – to…