Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-12.m4a” /]לְכַבּוֹת שְׂרֵפָה You may know the basic Hebrew word for fire – אש [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבות-שריפה-2.m4a” /] – perhaps from the first reading lesson in our Level 1 course. Another word for fire, in particular an unwanted one – a blaze – is שריפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבות-שריפה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לכבות-שריפה-4.m4a” /]יש שריפה ביער! There’s a fire in the forest! To…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-1.m4a” /]לִשְׁבּוֹת, לְהַכּוֹת Yesterday we saw the Hebrew word for a strike – שביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-2.m4a” /]. This noun comes from the active-simple verb לשבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-3.m4a” /] – to strike or to refrain from work. But what about to strike another person – to hit? That’s the active-intensive להכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-4.m4a” /]. Here’s an example from the biblical story of Moses: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכות-5.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-1.m4a” /]שְׁבִיתָה With even the airport closing about once a year due to disgruntled employees, the word for strike is core vocabulary in Hebrew. The word is שביתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-1.m4a” /]. You may recognize as its root the word שבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שביתה-2.m4a” /] – the Sabbath: שבת is the day of rest, the day when the workers “go on strike.”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הנחה-1.m4a” /]הֲנָחָה As failing to recognize a discount could mean paying too much for a product, this word is core vocabulary. In Hebrew, a discount is הנחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הנחה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הנחה-2.m4a” /]הנחה של 50% על כל פריט בחנות! 50% discount on every item in the shop! The root of הנחה is נ.ו.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הנחה-3.m4a” /] meaning resting…

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/נביא-1.m4a” /]נָבִיא, חוֹזֶה, רוֹאֶה The best-known word for prophet in the Bible is נביא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נביא-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נביא-3.m4a” /]וְלֹא קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה… (דברים ל”ד, י’) And there never rose a prophet in Israel like Moses… (Deuteronomy 34:10) But other terms exist, including איש א-להים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נביא-4.m4a” /] – man of G-d, as well as…