Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כוכב-#.m4a” /]כּוֹכָב קוֹלְנוֹעַ The Hebrew word for star – כוכב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כוכב-#.m4a” /] – appears as early as in Torah itself, while קולנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כוכב-#.m4a” /] – cinema – is a modern term combining two ancient Hebrew words: קול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כוכב-#.m4a” /] – sound and נוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כוכב-#.m4a” /] – movement; a movie is a moving picture… or moving sound. Someone who stars in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]אַמְבַּטְיָה While the Hebrew word for a shower is מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] and for a sink is כיור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – proper Semitic words – bathtub is אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /], which comes from ancient Greek. To take a bath is לעשות אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to do a bathtub. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]עשית אבמטיה? טוב, לך לישון….

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep.      To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /]כַּפּוֹת While דקלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /] refers to palm trees, the palms themselves are כפות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /], just like כפות ידיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /] means palms of the hands and כפות רגליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /] refers to the bottoms of our feet. A single palm is כף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /] (same word as tablespoon), as in the children’s song: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/כפות-#.m4a” /]בוא…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /]וֵסְט, אֵפוֹד That fancy piece of clothing that looks like a shirt without sleeves is called by Israelis וסט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /], just like in English. There is an official Hebrew word coined by the Academy of the Hebrew language – לסוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /] – but it never caught on. וסט in context: [audioclip…