Author: Ami Steinberger

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/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]נִבְחֶרֶת Technically, sports team is קבוצת ספורט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]. But the more common term, at least when speaking of professional sports, is נבחרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /] – literally, the chosen. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/נבחרת-#.m4a” /]בשבוע הבא נבחרת ישראל תשחק נגד קרואטיה. Next week the Israel team will play against Croatia. נבחרת comes from נפעל verb…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]צַמֶּרֶת The uppermost part of a tree, the treetop, is צמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. It’s also the word for the upper echelons of, say, a government, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]בצמרת השלטון יושבים כמה אנשי צבא בכירים. In the upper echelons of the government (rulership) sit several senior military personnel. צמרת has a synonym which…