Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-1.m4a” /]שֶׁקַע חַשְׁמַלִּי The Hebrew word for outlet or socket is שקע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-2.m4a” /]. The word’s three letters form the root ש.ק.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-3.m4a” /], which means to sink: a שקע is sunken into a wall. To refer specifically to an electrical outlet, the expression is שקע חשמלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שקע-1.m4a” /]. For example, if you need to charge your phone,…

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 . Space Race . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-1.m4a” /]הַעֲרָכָה עַצְמִית The word for the self in Hebrew is the same as the word for bone – עצם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-2.m4a” /]. עצם as self in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-3.m4a” /]אני רואה את עצמי במראה. I (a male) see myself in the mirror. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-4.m4a” /]תארי לעצמך שאת הולכת ביער. Imagine to yourself (a female) that you’re walking in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-1.m4a” /]רָאוּי The Hebrew word for worthy is ראוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-1.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root as ר.א.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-2.m4a” /] – the concept of seeing. ראוי means literally, seen. The word first appears in the Mishnah, where it means fit or seen as appropriate for something specific. This meaning carries until today in phrases like: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראוי-3.m4a” /]הוא ראוי לה והיא…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פגיעות-1-1.m4a” /]פְּגִיעוּת The Hebrew word for vulnerable is פגיע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פגיעות-2.m4a” /]. The root is פ.ג.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פגיעות-3.m4a” /] meaning to contact, usually in a hurtful manner. Thus פגיע makes sense as a translation of vulnerable – exposed to being contacted in a hurtful manner. But getting hurt is not the only thing that could happen to someone vulnerable….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-1.m4a” /]לְהַצִּיב גְּבוּלוֹת The Hebrew word for border, limit or boundary is גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-2.m4a” /]. This גבול could be physical or metaphorical, as in the expression: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-3.m4a” /]יש גבול לכל תעלול. There’s a limit to every trick. (i.e. I’m sick and tired of whatever you’re doing.) To set a boundary is להציב גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-4.m4a” /], where…