[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /]נִרְדַּם בַּמִּשְׁמֶרֶת The Hebrew word for shift (as in the night shift) is משמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /], which comes from the root ש.מ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /] meaning watching: a shift is when someone is in charge, responsible for what goes on. What about falling asleep on the job – both literal and figurative? That’s להירדם במשמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /]. For example:…
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…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בְּקִצּוּר The informal term בקיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] means literally in short. It’s what Israelis use instead of the English basically or even anyway. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /]בקיצור, הבנת אותי. Basically, you get (understood) me (spoken to a male). Broken down, בקיצור is: -ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – in קיצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/בקיצור-#.m4a” /] – short, the noun form of…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /]עוּגַת גְּבִינָה The Hebrew term for cheesecake is עוגת גבינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /] – literally, cake of cheese. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /]בחג השבועות, הרבה יהודים נוהגים לאכול עוגת גבינה. On the Shavuot holiday, many Jews eat cheesecake. The word עוגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/עוגת-גבינה-#.m4a” /], which made its debut in Biblical Hebrew, is related to the word עיגול[audioclip…