Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a” /]פָּנִים, פַּרְצוּף You may know the Yiddish expression א שיינע פנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a” /] – a pretty face, with פנים pronounced POH-nim. Modern Hebrew renders the word pah-NEEM, and this is likely closer to how the Israelites of the Bible pronounced the word. It means face and can be masculine or feminine but always plural as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פרצוף-#.m4a”…

The momentous holiday of פסח[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/פסח-תשעט-#.m4a" /] (Passover) can bring with it lots of joy, bonding and a sense of liberation. But along with all the fun it can also bring aggravation and a sense of bondage... especially if cleaning for it gets overdone. Here are a few handy Hebrew terms that you can use...

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /]יָדוּעַ, מֻכָּר Hebrew has two words for to know. לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /], at least in Modern Hebrew, is to know information, such as history or a language, while להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] is to know someone or be familiar with something – in Biblical Hebrew, to recognize. However, someone who is known can be either ידוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מוכר-#.m4a” /] if he’s…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]שַׂחְקָן You may know the Hebrew word for to play – לשחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]. This is a פיעל verb of the root שׂ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]. A player is a שחקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /] if he’s a male and שחקנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /] if she’s a female, for example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/שחקן-#.m4a” /]הוא שחקן כדורגל מפורסם. He’s a famous…



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…