Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]לְגָרֵשׁ Here’s an unpleasant word – לגרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /], to expel. So let’s give it a pleasant context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /]באנו חושך לגרש… We’ve come to expel darkness… (see conversation) I didn’t make this up – it’s from a very popular Hanukkah song. לגרש is a פיעל verb. Expulsion is גירוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לגרש-#.m4a” /].

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/כיבוש-#.m4a” /]כִּבּוּשׁ The Hebrew word for occupation, when it comes to territory, is כיבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/כיבוש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/כיבוש-#.m4a” /]הכיבוש היווני בארץ ישראל התחיל בשנת 323 לפני הספירה.  The Greek occupation of the Land of Israel started in the year 323 BCE. (see full conversation) כיבוש comes from the simple verb לכבוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/כיבוש-#.m4a” /]…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /]אָסִיר בִּטְחוֹנִי We’ve seen that ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /] means security. Someone in prison for security reasons, such as a terrorist, is called אסיר ביטחוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /]הוא סוהר בשב”ס – הוא מספר שהאסירים הביטחוניים אוכלים שם טוב מאוד. He’s a jailer at the Shabas – he tells that the security…