Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזיק-1.m4a” /]לְהַזִּיק The students of Mishnah and Talmud among you will almost certainly recognize the Hebrew word for to damage or to harm: להזיק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזיק-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזיק-2.m4a” /]לא התכוונתי להזיק לך. I didn’t mean to harm you (a male). This active-causative verb derives from the root נ.ז.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להזיק-3.m4a” /], which itself spells the word…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-1.m4a” /]אָחִי In Biblical Hebrew, adding an ee sound to the end of a word means that that thing is mine. For example, ביתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-2.m4a” /] is my house – my בית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-3.m4a” /] (house). In Modern Hebrew, we tend to use שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-4.m4a” /] instead to express possession, so that my house is הבית שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אחי-5.m4a” /]…

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   Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [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/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-1.m4a” /]עִבְרִית תַּקִּינָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you may know the word for to fix – לתקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-3.m4a” /]תקן לי את הטלוויזיה. Fix (my) TV for me. (spoken to a male) Thus something fixed is מתוקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/עברית-תקינה-4.m4a” /]. And something fixed at its essence – correct or proper – is תקין[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סולמית-1.m4a” /]סֻלָּמִית You may know the word סולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סולמית-2.m4a” /] – ladder – from the dream of Jacob: (וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב אַרְצָה וְרֹאשׁוֹ מַגִּיעַ הַשָּׁמָיְמָה… (בראשית כ”ח י”ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סולמית-3.m4a” /] And behold, a ladder resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven… (Genesis 28:12) To name the number sign that appears on the bottom-right of…