Israel’s Song for Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-1.m4a” /]שׁוקָיִם In this post I’m not discussing the kind of calf that grazes – that’s an עגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-2.m4a” /]. Rather, I’m following yesterday’s post about the upper-body limb, moving now to the lower. רגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-3.m4a” /] is the word that refers to the whole leg and foot, from the pelvis downward. But just as English…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-1.m4a” /]מִזְוָדָה The Hebrew word for suitcase, מזוודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-1.m4a” /], appears first in the Mishnah. Its non-Biblical-Hebrew root is ז.ו.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-2.m4a” /]. Here’s the word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-3.m4a” /]קניתי מזוודה חדשה כי הישנה התקלקלה. I bought a new suitcase because the old one got ruined. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-4.m4a” /]הגיטרה מהדהדת בתוך המזוודה. The guitar…