[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /]אֵזוֹר תַּעֲשִׂיָּה The Hebrew word for industry – תעשייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – comes from the root ע.ש.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] meaning doing, action. In Israel, perhaps the most notable תעשיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – industries – are תעשיית היין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – the wine industry and תעשיית ההייטק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /] – the high-tech industry. An area or zone is אזור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אזור-תעשייה-#.m4a” /],…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אַחֲרַי! Technically, follow me in Hebrew, when speaking to more than one person, is עקבו אחרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]. But you’re much more likely to hear people say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/אחריי-#.m4a” /]אחריי! After me! That’s because it says something about Israeli culture – that leadership is to be done by example. This dose’s video illustrates this…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]תְּגוּבָה The word תגובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /] means reaction or response, derving from the הפעיל verb להגיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]ניסיתי לגרום לו להגיב… אבל אין תגובה! I tried getting him to react… but there’s no response! תגובה and להגיב also means reply, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/תגובה-#.m4a” /]בעוד כמה דקות אגיב למייל ששלחת,…
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/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /]אֲדִיבוּת The word אדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – courteous comes to Hebrew via the Arabic word أديب[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] (adeeb), referring to a scholar, presumably a person of manners. When Eliezer Ben Yehuda coined this term, he must have had in mind the word נדיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/אדיבות-#.m4a” /] – generous, first appearing in Biblical Hebrew….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה לְשֶׁעָבַר Hebrew’s term for prime minister means literally, head of government: ראש ממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]. The prime minister is ראש הממשלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/לשעבר-#.m4a” /]ראש הממשלה ימסור הערב הצהרה לתקשורת. The prime minister will deliver, this evening, an announcement to the press. What about a former prime minister? That’s ראש ממשלה…