Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-1.m4a” /]לְבַטֵּא, לַהֲגוֹת Hebrew has two words for to pronouce. לבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-2.m4a” /], a פיעל verb, means literally to give expression and is sometimes also used to mean to pronounce, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-3.m4a” /]איך מבטאים את המילה הזאת? How do you pronounce this word? The other word, the פעל verb להגות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/להגות-4.m4a” /], means literally to utter (also to think)….

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.  Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/רפאים-1.m4a” /]שֵׁד, רוּחַ רְפָאִים I wrote this morning’s post in advance without looking at the calendar, so I’m adding another post that is more in line with today’s import. Here’s a picture of my street at 11pm last night. My street is called עמק רפאים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/רפאים-2.m4a” /] – a Biblical reference to this general…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /]חֲבִיתָה We’ve seen a couple of forms that a cooked egg might end up on your plate, and what to call them in Hebrew. But how about an omelet? That’s a חביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-1.m4a” /], deriving from the word for frying pan – מחבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-2.m4a” /]. Here’s חביתה in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/חביתה-3.m4a” /]היא מעדיפה חביתה על פני…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ביצת-עין-1.m4a” /]בֵּיצַת עַיִן Some Israelis call it ביצה עם עין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ביצת-עין-2.m4a” /] – an egg with an eye. But the more common expression is ביצת עין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ביצת-עין-1.m4a” /] – literally, an eye egg or an egg of eye. You can imagine this sunny-side up egg and see why. Here’s the expression in action: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ביצת-עין-3.m4a” /]ביצת עין יותר…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/מקושקשת-1.m4a” /]בֵּיצָה מְקֻשְׁקֶשֶת     We’ve seen that the active-intensive פיעל verb לקשקש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/מקושקשת-2.m4a” /] means to scribble or to talk about nothing in particular. When cooking, this word can also refer to scrambling something such as an egg. Thus a scrambled egg is ביצה מקושקשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/מקושקשת-1.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/מקושקשת-3.m4a” /]תכין לי בבקשה ביצה מקושקשת. Make…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקשקש-1.m4a” /]לְקַשְׁקֵשׁ Like today, in ancient times the letter ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקשקש-2.m4a” /] was pronounced in two different ways: sh and some variation of s. These sounds were distinct enough that it’s as if they were two different letters, as far as roots go. Thus קשקשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לקשקש-3.m4a” /] (with two s sounds) meaning scales or dandruff don’t have much to do…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קשקשים-1.m4a” /]קַשְׂקַשִּׂים The scales of a fish, reptile, etc. in Hebrew are called קשקש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קשקשים-2.m4a” /] or collectively קשקשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קשקשים-3.m4a” /]. Since they’re a flaky substance that sheds, Modern Hebrew called dandruff קשקשת as well, or in colloquial Hebrew, קשקשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קשקשים-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קשקשים-4.m4a” /]יש לך שמפו נגד קשקשים? Do you (a…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.  Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להציל-1.m4a” /]לְהַצִּיל You may know the Hebrew word for lifeguard – מציל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להציל-2.m4a” /] for a male and מצילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להציל-3.m4a” /] for a female. Literally, these mean no less than savior. They derive from the active-causative הפעיל verb להציל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להציל-1.m4a” /] – to rescue. The root of להציל is נ.צ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/להציל-4.m4a” /] meaning deliverance. For example: [audioclip…