חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /]לַחֲשׁוֹב מִחוּץ לַקּוּפְסָה The Hebrew word for box is קופסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /]. It comes from Aramaic where it’s spelled קופסא, so many Israeli keep spelling it that way. Outside the box is מחוץ לקופסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /], where מחוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /] means literally from out. To think is the simple verb לחשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מחוץ-לקופסה-#.m4a” /], as in:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כישוף-1.m4a” /]כִּשּׁוּף Whereas a not-very-nice term in English to describe a not-very-nice woman likens her to a dog, one such term in Hebrew likens her to a witch – מכשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כישוף-2.m4a” /] (more commonly pronounced with an ah vowel at the beginning of the word – מַכשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כישוף-3.m4a” /]). The root of מכשפה is כ.ש.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כישוף-4.m4a” /],…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…