Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]סִפְרָה The Hebrew word for digit is ספרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]. Its root is ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of מספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /] – number. Digits are ספרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ספרה-#.m4a” /]נא להקיש את ארבע הספרות האחרונות של כרטיס האשראי. Please enter (press) the last four digits of your (the) credit…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יְלָדִים While the Biblical-Hebrew word for children in general is טף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], Modern Hebrew prefers the more basic word ילדים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /], the plural of ילד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /] – (male) child. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ילדים-#.m4a” /]יש לנו באולפן לעניין תוכנית מיוחדת לילדים. We at Ulpan La-Inyan have a special program for kids. Listening…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /]אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית A grapefruit looks, tastes and smells more like an orange or a pomelo (it’s actually a cross between the two). So why does its name associate it with the grape, of all fruits?  Hebrew’s word for the grapefruit sheds some light: אשכולית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /], derived from the word אשכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/אשכולית-#.m4a” /] meaning…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /]רְפוּאָה מוֹנַעַת While תרופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /] is the medicine one takes in pill or liquid form (or otherwise), רפואה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /] refers to medicine in the general sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת רפואה באוניברסיטה העברית. She is studying medicine at the Hebrew University. So what’s preventative medicine? רפואה מונעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /], as…

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…