Author: Ami Steinberger

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/לשפר-ולשמר-1.m4a” /]לְשַׁפֵּר וּלְשַׁמֵּר The Aramaic word for beauty is שופרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפר-ולשמר-2.m4a” /], of the root ש.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפר-ולשמר-3.m4a” /]. Hebrew uses this root as well – especially Modern Hebrew, where the active-intensive verb לשפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפר-ולשמר-4.m4a” /] means to improve something – to make something more beautiful, better. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפר-ולשמר-5.m4a” /]אתם צריכים לשפר את המשחק שלכם. You guys need…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מאבטח-1.m4a” /]מְאַבְטֵחַ The Hebrew word for to guard or to keep is לשמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מאבטח-2.m4a” /]. And indeed, שומר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מאבטח-3.m4a” /] (for a male) or שומרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מאבטח-4.m4a” /] (for a female) could refer to the person doing their best to make sure we’re safe at the mall or at the synagogue. But the better term is מאבטח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מאבטח-1.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-1.m4a” /]שְׁמוּרַת טֶבַע We’ve seen that the Hebrew word for to keep or to guard is לשמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-2.m4a” /]. A reserve – that which is preserved or kept – is called שמורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-3.m4a” /]. And since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-6.m4a” /] refers to more than a pair of sandals but to nature itself, a nature reserve is שמורת טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-1.m4a” /]….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-1.m4a” /]בֵּייבִּיסִיטֶר, שְׁמַרְטַף To watch the kids in Hebrew is לשמור על הילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמרטף-2.m4a” /], literally, to watch/keep/guard the children. But the professional who assume this role when parents are away is not called a watchperson or a guardian in English – they’re called a babysitter. This term is so lovely to the ear that Israelis use it to…

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!