Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /]גֶּפֶן Here’s a nice Hebrew name for a child: גפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /], which means grapevine. You may also recognize the word from the Jewish blessing on wine: בורא פרי הגפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /] – the One who creates the vine. As is the trend today with Hebrew names, this one is unisex. Nevertheless the word גפן itself…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a” /]לִפְרוֹחַ If you’ve got some basic Hebrew (or have studied at an Israeli university and received a scholarship for tutoring via the program of this name), you probably know the word for flower – פרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a” /]. To flower or to blossom/bloom is the simple verb לפרוח. For example, you may recall the ט”ו בשבט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/לפרוח-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]מַחְמִיא לְךָ We’ve seen that the word for compliment in Hebrew is מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]. To pay a compliment is either לתת מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /] – literally, to give a compliment, or the הפעיל verb להחמיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /], for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמיא-#.m4a” /]תחמיא לי, דוד. Give me a compliment, David. But להחמיא is not just…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמאה-#.m4a” /]מַחְמָאָה The Hebrew word for compliment – מחמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמאה-#.m4a” /] – comes from the word חמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמאה-#.m4a” /] meaning butter. מחמאה appears (in the plural) in a Biblical verse (Psalms 55:22) where it means of butter but has been mistaken to mean compliment. Basically, the word מחמאה was born by mistake.  מחמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/מחמאה-#.m4a” /] – compliments – can…

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…