[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /]הֲסָרַת מִשְׁקָפַיִם Lasik is a brand, but like Kleenex, it also refers to the thing itself – laser eye surgery. In Hebrew people call this ניתוח להסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – surgery for removing glasses, or simply הסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – glasses removal. Sometimes the expression has the word לייזר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – laser – in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /]מְנַתֵּחַ Surgery in Hebrew is ניתוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /]היא עברה ניתוח קיסרי. She underwent a cesarean section. Likewise, a מנתח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] is a surgeon when referring to a man and מנתחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] for a woman. Often מנתח goes with the word רופא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] – doctor – before it,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]צֶוֶת The word for team or staff is צוות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]אני מאוד גאה בצוות המורים שלנו. I’m really proud of our teaching staff. Note that although it has a ת ending, צוות is a masculine noun, so that a large staff is צוות גדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]. צוות comes from the Aramaic צוותא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/צוות-#.m4a” /]…
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/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]לִזְרוֹחַ Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for east – מזרח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], of the root ז.ר.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]. It’s called that because השמש זורחת שם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /] – the sun rises or shines there. The word for to shine is לזרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/לזרוח-#.m4a” /]בחורף כל הזמן מעונן, אבל בקיץ השמש זורחת. In the winter…