Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹפִיעַ Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for a show – מופע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /] (or perhaps its synonym, הופעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]). These words come from the הפעיל verb להופיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /] – to appear, which means to perform. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להופיע-#.m4a” /]הלהקה מופיעה כל יום בעיר אחרת בחוף המזרחי. The band is appearing/performing every day in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/החוף-המערבי-#.m4a” /]הַחוֹף הַמַּעֲרָבִי Although I now live in Israel, I grew up on the west coast – החוף המערבי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/החוף-המערבי-#.m4a” /] – of the United States. חוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/החוף-המערבי-#.m4a” /] means coast. It also means beach, but the preferred term for beach in going to the beach is ים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/החוף-המערבי-#.m4a” /] – literally, sea. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/החוף-המערבי-#.m4a” /]בואו ניסע לים!…

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…

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/2019/07/איש-אשכולות-#.m4a” /]אִישׁ אֶשְׁכּוֹלוֹת A person who was good at many things is called איש אשכולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/איש-אשכולות-#.m4a” /] – a man of clusters (of grapes). The Talmud takes the word אשכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/איש-אשכולות-#.m4a” /] and expounds: איש שהכל בו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/איש-אשכולות-#.m4a” /] – a man in whom there is everything. איש אשכולות is the Hebrew equivalent of a Renaissance Man. …

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /]יֶדַע Some words in Hebrew are formed by their three-letter root itself. ידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – knowledge – is one of them. Here it is in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /]הוא רוצה לצבור ידע, להרחיב אופקים. He wants to accumulate knowledge, to broaden (his) horizons. Related words include מידע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /] – information, מודיעין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ידע-#.m4a” /]…