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In honor of Passover, I’m taking a vacation – a חֻפְשָׁה. This will be the last dose of Hebrew before next Sunday.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]מָעֳמָד The Hebrew word for candidate is מועמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a male and מועמדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]כמה מועמדים יש לנו למשרה? How many candidates do we have for the position? (see full conversation) The root of מועמד is ע.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] meaning standing: someone who is a candidate…
מִשְׁקוֹלוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Modern Israel’s currency is the New Shekel – הַשֶּׂקֶל הֶחָדָשׁ listen and repeat, but the word שֶׁקֶל listen and repeat 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)…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? שַׁעֲוָה listen and repeat The Israelites in the desert would still have gotten in trouble, but they would also have saved themselves a lot of money had they used wax instead of gold when they made the calf. They could have painted it gold. The Modern Hebrew word…
having trouble seeing the print? סֵפֶר אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִי בְּחִנָּם listen and repeat חֲנֻכָּה listen and repeat and Thanksgiving are times of joy and giving. This year, as a way of spreading awareness about Hebrew and this Daily Dose, I’m giving away my brand-new ebook, Hebrew Described, to you and your friends and family. It’s a collection…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיכָּנַע, לְוַותֵּר The Hebrew word for to give up is להיכנע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], a נפעל verb of the root כ.נ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /] meaning surrender. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /]הוא לא נכנע ללחצים חברתיים. He doesn’t give in to social pressures. Another word sometimes used as to give up is the פיעל verb לוותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להיכנע-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]מַדחֹם Fever, in Hebrew, is חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], the same word as heat. To measure is למדוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], of the root מ.ד.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]. Thus, a device that measures fever – a thermometer – is a מדחום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]יש לכם מדחום בבית? Do you guys have a thermometer at…