Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]מַה יֵלֵד יוֹם This expression comes straight from the Bible: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]אַל-תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר; כִּי לֹא-תֵדַע מַה-יֵּלֶד יוֹם. (משלי כ”ז, א’) Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) מה ילד יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /] means literally, what tomorrow will give birth to. Here’s an…

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/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַהֵב The Hebrew word for love is אהבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /], while to love is the simple verb לאהוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]הם אוהבים אחד את השני. They love each other. To fall in love is the reflexive התפעל verb להתאהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. Literally it’s something like to become in love. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /]קוֹד קִידָּה Just like Eskimos have about 70 words for snow, Biblical Hebrew has several words for bowing – back then, it was something people did all the time, in many different forms. A type of bowing that doesn’t involve stretching oneself out on the ground is קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /], from the simple verb לקוד[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]יְרֵכַיִים A single thigh is a ירך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /], while a pair or more are ירכיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /]עשיתי סקוואט ועכשיו כואבות לי הירכיים. I did squat(s) and now my thighs hurt. Like most body parts that come in pairs, ירכיים gets the dual יים-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ירכיים-#.m4a” /] ending, and is…