Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]מַדְרִיךְ צְלִילָה The Hebrew word for to dive is לצלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root צ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]. The word can be used both literally and metaphorically, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]בואו נצלול לתוך החומר הלימודי. Let’s dive into the study material. If לצלול is to dive, then צלילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /] is diving….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]סְנַפִּירִים You may recognize the word סנפיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /] – fin – if you’re familiar with the biblical passages about animals that Jews eat and don’t eat: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]אֶת זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת… (ויקרא י”א, ט’) This you shall eat from all that are in the water:…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]גַּז טִבְעִי The Hebrew word for gas is easy enough: גז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]. And it turns out that both gas and גז derive from the word chaos – since gas is made up of atoms with a chaotic arrangement. Natural gas is גז טבעי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /], since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /] means nature. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]לישראל יש מאגרים ענקיים…