Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]זִקְנָה The words זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] and זְקֵנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /] refer to an elderly man and woman, respectively. Likewise, old age is זִקנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /], a word often modified to say in his old age (בזקנתו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), in her old age (בזקנתה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]), etc. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/זקנה-#.m4a” /]היא יפה בזקנתה כמו בצעירותה. She…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/לקבור-את-עצמו-#.m4a” /]לֹא יָדַע אֵיפֹה לִקְבּוֹר אֶת עַצְמוֹ An employee at a high-tech company – let’s call her Dana – sends a message: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/לקבור-את-עצמו-#.m4a” /]רון, אתה לא תאמין מה אמר לי היום הבוס הגדול, פשוט לא ייאמן. Ron, you won’t believe what the big boss said to me today, simply unbelievable. …and she goes…

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/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]הִתְפָּרְצוּת While פריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a break in (and פריצת דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a breakthrough), התפרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is an eruption or outbreak. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]מה השינויים שעבר העולם מאז התפרצות מגפת הקורונה? What are the changes the world went through since the outbreak of the coronavirus? התפרצות is a noun form…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /]מַרְאֶה חִיצוֹנִי מראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] – appearance – comes from the root ר.א.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] meaning seeing. חיצוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] – outward or external – comes from ח.ו.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] meaning out. Here’s מראה חיצוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /] in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/מראה-#.m4a” /]אסור לתת למראה החיצוני של אדם להטעות אותנו. We must not let a person’s outward appearance mislead…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פג-#.m4a” /]פַּג The Hebrew word for a baby born prematurely is פג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פג-#.m4a” /] for a boy and פגה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פג-#.m4a” /] for a girl. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/פג-#.m4a” /]היא נולדה פגה, חודשיים לפני הזמן. She was born a preemie, two months early. פג appears in the Bible, where it refers to unripe fruit. Its…