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Create sentences on our Facebook page using the terms from the glossary, and we’ll correct them if they’ve got errors!מַטְבֵּעַ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ט.ב.ע (t.b.a) means sinking and is the root of such diverse words as טֶבַע listen and repeat – nature, מַטְבֵּעַ listen and repeat – coin or currency, and to sink – לִטְבּוֹעַ listen and repeat (not to be confused with to sue – לִתְבּוֹעַ listen and repeat with a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /]גּוּף הָאָדָם The Hebrew word for person is אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /] (named after Adam from the Bible). Likewise, a human being is בן אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /] – literally, a son of Adam – regardless of the person’s gender. The word for body is גוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /]. Thus the human body is גוף האדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/גוף-האדם-#.m4a”…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-1.m4a” /]לְאוֹתֵת The Biblical-Hebrew word for sign is אות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-2.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-3.m4a” /]אות היא ביני וביניכם (שמות ל”א י”ג) It is a sign between me and you (Exodus 31:13) אות also means letter, but in the plural, it’s אותיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-4.m4a” /], whereas אות meaning signal is אותות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לאותת-5.m4a” /] in the plural. For example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]לַעֲרֹךְ שֻׁלְחָן Among the stages of סדר פסח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – the Passover Seder, שולחן עורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] means setting the table, or literally – a table, he sets. To set a table is לערוך שולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /] – literally, to set/arrange a table. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/לערוך-שולחן-#.m4a” /]ילדים, ערכתם כבר את השולחן? Kids,…