Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְעָרֵב The Hebrew root ע.ר.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] means mixing, so that לערבב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] – a פיעל use of the root, doubling the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] at the end – is to mix something. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /]צריך לערבב את כל הרכיבים ביחד. You have to mix all the ingredients together. להתערב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]מַחְסָן The Hebrew word מחסן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /] refers to a storage unit, typically a shed or shack. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]הוצאתם מהמחסן את כל מה שצריך בשביל הסוכה? Have you guys taken everything we need for the Sukkah out of the storage shed? מחסן comes from the Biblical-Hebrew root ח.ס.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /],…

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. Can’t read Hebrew yet? Click…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/התרוממות-רוח-#.m4a” /]הִתְרוֹמְמוּת רוּחַ Some people suffer fasting on יום כיפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/התרוממות-רוח-#.m4a” /] – Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement. Others find themselves spiritually uplifted. The Hebrew expression for this experience is התרוממות רוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/התרוממות-רוח-#.m4a” /] –  uplifting of the spirit or spiritual uplifting. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/התרוממות-רוח-#.m4a” /]אחרי חצי שעה של שירה, כולם חשו התרוממות רוח….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/הבנת-הנקרא-#.m4a” /]הֲבָנַת הַנִּקְרָא The English word comprehension is a fancy word for understanding. In Hebrew, the word הבנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/הבנת-הנקרא-#.m4a” /] works for both, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/הבנת-הנקרא-#.m4a” /]היא מפגינה הבנה מעמיקה בנושא. She displays deep understanding/comprehension of the topic. Reading comprehension is הבנת הנקרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/הבנת-הנקרא-#.m4a” /] – literally, understanding of that which is read. Likewise, הבנת…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לפי-#.m4a” /]לְפִי Hebrew’s most commonly-used way of saying according to is לפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לפי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/לפי-#.m4a” /]לפי מה שמופיע על השלט, מותר לחנות פה. According to what appears (written) on the sign, (we’re) allowed to park here. לפי – appearing as early as in the Torah itself – is a shortened version of…