Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-1.wav” /]לְהַצִּיעַ The Hebrew word for to offer is להציע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-1.wav” /], an active-causative verb of the root י.צ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-2.wav” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-3.wav” /]אפשר להציע לכם משהו לשתות? May I offer you guys something to drink? The word also means to suggest or to propose, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציע-4.wav” /]אני מציע לך ללמוד תכנות. I (a male)…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-1.m4a” /]לְהַכְפִּיל, לְהִתְרַבּוֹת To multiply has multiple (well, two) words in Hebrew, each for a related but separate concept. There’s to multiply numbers or things – that’s להכפיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-2.m4a” /], from the root כ.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-3.m4a” /] meaning double. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להכפיל-4.m4a” /]כשעברנו לבית החדש, הכפלנו את ההוצאות. When we moved to the new house, we doubled the expenses….

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/להשתגע-1.m4a” /]לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ If you know a bit of Yiddish, you probably know the term משוגענע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-2.m4a” /] (meshugeneh) – a crazy person. This word comes directly from Biblical Hebrew, a word that is used until today: משוגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-3.m4a” /] – mad or crazy. Likewise, to go crazy is להשתגע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להשתגע-4.m4a” /]אפשר להשתגע מכל הרעש!…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-1.m4a” /]לְשַׁפְשֵׁף מַרְפֵּקִים The Hebrew word for elbow is מרפק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-3.m4a” /]דפקתי את המרפק במשקוף, איזה כאב! I bumped my elbow on in the doorway, what pain! Likewise, the English expression to rub elbows – to mingle with someone of desirable social standing – is לשפשף מרפקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לשפשף-מרפקים-4.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-1.m4a” /]שׁוקָיִם In this post I’m not discussing the kind of calf that grazes – that’s an עגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-2.m4a” /]. Rather, I’m following yesterday’s post about the upper-body limb, moving now to the lower. רגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שוקיים-3.m4a” /] is the word that refers to the whole leg and foot, from the pelvis downward. But just as English…