Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לטרוח-#.m4a” /]לִטְרֹחַ לטרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לטרוח-#.m4a” /], a simple verb, means to go to the trouble to do something. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/לטרוח-#.m4a” /]כבר הסתדרתי, אין צורך שתטרח להגיע. I’ve worked it out, no need for you to go to the trouble to come. But לטרוח can mean more than that. When used in certain contexts, it…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /]אֵין צֹרֶךְ One of the most important things one needs to be able to say in Hebrew is I need: אני צריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /] if you’re male, and אני צריכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /] if you’re female. A need is צורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /], while there’s no need is אין צורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/אין-צורך-#.m4a” /]אין צורך…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]מְמֻחְשָׁב You may know the Hebrew word for computer – מחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], deriving from the root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /] meaning thinking. But did you know the word for computerized? That’s ממוחשב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ממוחשב-#.m4a” /]למה לא עושים קלפי ממוחשב? Why don’t they make a computerized ballot box? ממוחשב is a פועל verb,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/קלפי-2-#.m4a” /]קַלְפִּי The Hebrew word for ballot box – קלפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/קלפי-2-#.m4a” /] – comes from the Ancient Greek word κάλπη (kalpi), which referred to an urn used to collect votes. קלפי made its way to Hebrew in Mishnaic times, when the Greeks ruled the Land of Israel. Today it refers not only to the physical ballot…

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/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]לְהָנִיף דֶּגֶל The Hebrew word for flag is דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in the biblical: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן תֵּימָנָה (במדבר ב’, י’) The flag of the camp of Reuben towards the south (Numbers 2:10) To raise a flag or to fly a flag is להניף דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]בשנת 1967…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/הר-הבית-#.m4a” /]הַר הַבַּיִת The most common Hebrew expression for the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is הר הבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/הר-הבית-#.m4a” /], literally the mountain of the house or home. However: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/הר-הבית-#.m4a” /]להר הבית יש כמה שמות נרדפים. The Temple Mount has several other names. הבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/הר-הבית-#.m4a” /] – the house/home – is a shortened version of בית המקדש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/הר-הבית-#.m4a”…