A Touching Reunion
Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.
Captain Ziv Shilon, a platoon commander in the Giv’ati Brigade, was severely wounded while on routine patrol near the Israeli-Gaza border. Shilon received medical care and is now stable, but his hands were mangled.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/למרר-#.m4a” /]לְמָרֵר לוֹ אֶת הַחַיִּים, לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ חַיִּים קָשִׁים On ליל הסדר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/למרר-#.m4a” /] – the Passover Seder night – Jews tell the national story of enslavement in ancient Egypt, and their subsequent liberation. Among the verses chanted in the הגדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/למרר-#.m4a” /] – Hagaddah – is: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/למרר-#.m4a” /]וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁלוֹחַ חִנָּם To send is לשלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, a delivery, as well as shipping – that which is sent – is משלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]כמה עולה המשלוח? How much is the shipping? Free in the sense of zero payment, in Hebrew, is חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a” /]. Thus free delivery is משלוח חינם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/משלוח-חינם-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/מעט-מדי-#.m4a” /]מְעַט מִדַּי, מְאוּחָר מִדַּי This expression follows the English – מעט מדי, מאוחר מדי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/מעט-מדי-#.m4a” /] – too little, too late. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/מעט-מדי-#.m4a” /]הם עשו מאמץ גדול, אבל היה מעט מדי, מאוחר מדי. They made a big effort, but it was too, little too late. The expression broken down: מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/מעט-מדי-#.m4a” /]…
נֶהֱדָר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Like English, Hebrew has lots of words to describe something as great. Some of these are מְצֻיָּן – excellent, מְעֻלֶּה – excellent or of great quality, and נֶהֱדָר – wonderful or glorious. It can also mean beautiful. For example: אַתְּ נִרְאֵת נֶהֱדָר. You…
סֶרֶט תִּעוּדִי Can’t read Hebrew yet? A film is a סֶרֶט , invoking the Biblical Hebrew word for ribbon (film fed through a projector is a ribbon). And while a (male) witness is an עֵד , documentation – the written account of that which is witnessed – is תִּעוּד ….