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/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]הַחִפָּזוֹן מֵהַשָּׂטָן Speaking of the devil, the Hebrew expression for haste makes waste invokes that angel of trouble: החיפזון מהשטן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /] – literally, haste is from the devil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/החיפזוו-מהשטן-#.m4a” /]זה לא יצליח. החיפזון מהשטן. It won’t succeed. Haste is from the devil. This expression finds its roots in Arabic: العَجَلَةُ…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שטני-#.m4a” /]שֵׂעָר שָׁטֵנִי In English we just call such hair color light brown. But French calls it châtain, invoking the color of chestnut. Hebrew follows suit, with an expression borrowed from French, שיער שטני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שטני-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שטני-#.m4a” /]היא שחומה, אבל עם שיער שטני. She’s dark-skinned, but with light-brown hair. When I first…
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
Conversation based on this Dose of Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /]שָׁחוּם If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the basic Hebrew colors, which include חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – brown and שחור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – black. Melded together, they create the word שחום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /] – dark brown, which describes a skin color. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/שחום-#.m4a” /]היא בחורה צנומה, שחומה, וכריזמטית ביותר. היא…
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]צָנוּם, רָזֶה If you know some basic Hebrew, there’s a good chance you’ve come across the word רזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /] – thin or skinny, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/צנום-#.m4a” /]הוא לא רזה ולא שמן. He is neither skinny nor fat. But רזה has a drawback: it could mean either skinny or thin, depending on context. Another word,…