Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]כְּנָפַיִם The Hebrew word for wing is כנף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /] – a pair of them is כנפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]. And like many other body parts that come in pairs, human or otherwise, the word is feminine: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]יש לציפור הזאת כנפיים רחבות מאוד! This bird has very wide wings! You may know the…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /]נֶשֶׁר If you’ve traveled from the Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem, you may know this word from the shuttle service bearing it: נשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /] – literally, eagle (technically vulture, but Israelis use נשר for both). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /]הסמל הרשמי של ארצות הברית כולל את הנשר. The official symbol of the United…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סִמְלִי The word סמל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /] – remarkably close in sound to its English equivalent symbol – appears in Biblical Hebrew. Here’s a modern usage of the word: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/סמלי-#.m4a” /]סמל מדינת ישראל הוא המנורה וענפי זית. The symbol of Israel is the Menorah (Temple candelabra) and olive branches. The word for symbolic is סמלי[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]תַּשְׁלוּם We teach the Hebrew word for to pay – לשלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /] – in our Level 2 course. It’s a פיעל verb whose root is ש.ל.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /] meaning completion: when we pay, we complete a transaction. A payment is תשלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]. For example, a waiter may say to you: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תשלום-#.m4a” /]חמאה זה בתוספת…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]חֶמְאָה In biblical times, חמאה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /] referred to curds or leben. Today it refers to butter: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]דודה שלי מכינה חמאה ביתית! My aunt makes homemade butter! I’m guessing that חמאה is called such because separating curds from whey (going back to the biblical חמאה) requires heat – חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/חמאה-#.m4a” /]. The…

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…