Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]מוּכָּר To know in the intellectual sense is לדעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]. But to know someone or something in the sense of familiarity, recognition – that’s להכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /]אני מכיר את השיר הזה! I (a male) know this song! להכיר is a הפעיל verb of the root נ.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מוכר-#.m4a” /], which…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]שֵׁפֶל חָדָשׁ The plain or the lowlands is השפלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]אנחנו גרים בשפלה. We live on the plain. The root of השפלה is ש.פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] meaning low. It also provides us with the word for low – שפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /] – in the dramatic sense: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/שפל-חדש-#.m4a” /]עם הכתבה הזאת, העיתון…

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/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]לְהַקְדִּים You may know the Hebrew word for to be late – לאחר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]. Note that while in English we talk about being late, in Hebrew לאחר is an actual (פיעל) verb. The same is true for the word for to be early – להקדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/להקדים-#.m4a” /]: it’s a הפעיל verb of the root ק.ד.מ[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מבצר-#.m4a” /]מִבְצָר This biblical word for fortress – מבצר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מבצר-#.m4a” /] – is still in use today, not only in…  [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מבצר-#.m4a” /]המבצר הזה הוא מהתקופה הרומית. This fortress is from the Roman period. …but also in more modern contexts, such as: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/מבצר-#.m4a” /]בית הנשיא שמור כמו מבצר – אי אפשר להיכנס בלי…