Author: Ami Steinberger

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/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חֲלַב עִיזִּים The Hebrew word for a female goat is עז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one goat is עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /] (a male is תיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one is תישים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]). Goat milk is חלב עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חלב עיזים נחשב בריא יותר לבני אדם…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/להתעסק-#.m4a” /]אַל תִּתְעַסֵּק אִיתִּי The Hebrew word עסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/להתעסק-#.m4a” /] means business, which is all about busy-ness – coming, going, wheeling and dealing.  While להתעסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/להתעסק-#.m4a” /] means literally to deal with someone/something, in slang it means to mess. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/להתעסק-#.m4a” /]הוא אדם שלא כדאי להתעסק איתו. He’s a person you shouldn’t mess with. To…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/הרגת-אותי-#.m4a” /]הָרַגְתָּ אוֹתִי! Suppose someone’s got you laughing for a few minutes straight. Then they crack another joke that pushes you over the edge, to the point where you’re laughing so hard you can barely breathe. You might say to them, you’re killing me!  Hebrew renders this expression in the past tense: הרגתָ אותי[audioclip…