Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראיון-1.m4a” /]רֵאָיוֹן Yesterday, we saw the Hebrew word for idea – רעיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראיון-2.m4a” /]. Here’s a homophone – a word that sounds the same (in this case almost the same), but has a different spelling and, more importantly, a different meaning: ראיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראיון-1.m4a” /] means interview. Can you spot the root? It’s ר.א.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ראיון-3.m4a” /] meaning seeing…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-1.m4a” /]רַעְיוֹן, מֻשָּׂג The Hebrew word for idea is רעיון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-3.m4a” /]יש לי רעיון גדול! I have a great (big) idea! The word first appears in one of the later books of the Hebrew Bible (קהלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רעיון-4.m4a” /] – Ecclesiastes), where it means musing. Despite conceptual connections we might draw between רעיון…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-1.m4a” /]קָאוּבּוֹי, בּוֹקֵר, רֹעֵה בָּקָר Years after the cowboy on TV dazzled the American imagination, he arrived in Israel and was termed, in Hebrew, קאובוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-2.m4a” /]. But the real-live off-screen cowboy – the herder of free-range cattle – has a proper Hebrew term of his own – בוקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-בקר-4.m4a” /]בואו לחוות הבוקרים בגליל!…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-1.m4a” /]רֹעֵה צֹאן Shepherd certainly isn’t core vocabulary, but my experience is that once I learn a word of some interest, I find ways to use it that day or that week. The Hebrew word for shepherd is רועה צאן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male, and רועת צאן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רועה-צאן-2.m4a” /] in the less likely event that she’s…

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/גאווה-לאומית-1.m4a” /]גַּאֲוָה לְאֻמִּית Perhaps you’re familiar with Bank Leumi – בנק לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גאווה-לאומית-2.m4a” /]. Perhaps you’re even their client. לאומי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גאווה-לאומית-3.m4a” /] means national, so that national pride is גאווה לאומית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גאווה-לאומית-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גאווה-לאומית-4.m4a” /]גם יום הזיכרון וגם יום העצאמות הם ימים של גאווה לאומית בישראל. Both Memorial Day and Independence Day are days of national…