Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/כפל-#.m4a” /]כֶּפֶל Multiplication in Hebrew is כפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/כפל-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/כפל-#.m4a” /]היא כבר יודעת את לוח הכפל! She already knows the multiplication table! כפל is related to the הפעיל verb להכפיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/כפל-#.m4a” /] – to double or to multiply, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/כפל-#.m4a” /]כדי להגיע לפתרון צריך להכפיל את x בשלוש. In order to…

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/גלימה-#.m4a” /]חָלוּק, גְּלִימָה The Hebrew word חלוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/גלימה-#.m4a” /] refers to a bathrobe or a nightgown, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/גלימה-#.m4a” /]הוא תמיד לובש חלוק כשהוא יוצא מהמקלחת. He always wears a robe when he comes out of the shower. גלימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/גלימה-#.m4a” /], in contrast, refers to the type of robe worn by priests, high-school…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מלונה-#.m4a” /]מְלוּנָה You may know the Hebrew word for hotel – מלון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מלונה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מלונה-#.m4a” /]ישנו במלון חמישה כוכבים בים המלח. We stayed (slept) in a five-star hotel at the Dead Sea. מלון comes from the root ל.ו.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מלונה-#.m4a” /] meaning staying overnight. A related word is מלונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מלונה-#.m4a” /], which in biblical…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]לְהַכְחִישׁ, לְהִתְכַּחֵשׁ Hebrew has two ways of saying to deny. להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /] means to deny a fact, to contradict it – directly, actively. It’s a הפעיל verb of the root כ.ח.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להכחיש-#.m4a” /]הוא הכחיש את כל העובדות שהצביעו על כך שהוא אשם. He denied all the facts that pointed…