Author: Ami Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]לְהִיפָּגַע The basic Hebrew word for pain is כאב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /], while to hurt is the simple verb לכאוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]כואב לי הראש. My head hurts (me). To hurt someone else or to cause pain is להכאיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /], a הפיעל verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/להיפגע-#.m4a” /]למה אתה מכאיב לי?…

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/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /]גְּמִילָה The original meaning of the Hebrew word גמילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] was weaning or dealing fully with something, closing a circle, so to speak. You may be familiar with the expression from Jewish prayer, גומל חסדים טובים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/גמילה-#.m4a” /] – (He who) pays back (completes the circle for) good acts of kindness – in…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /]חוֹמֶר לְחִיטּוּי יָדַיִים The Hebrew word חטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /] means sin, but also uncleanness. Thus לחטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /] – to disinfect – essentially means to remove uncleanness. Converting this פיעל verb לחטא to its noun form, we get חיטוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /] – disinfecting or sanitizing (the א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /] of the root sometimes becomes a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חיטוי-ידיים-#.m4a” /]). And hand sanitizer?…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חום-נמוך-#.m4a” /]חוֹם נָמוּךְ The Hebrew word for short (in height) low is נמוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חום-נמוך-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חום-נמוך-#.m4a” /]מפלס הכינרת היה נמוך מאוד. The (water) level of the Sea of Galilee was very low. A fever is חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/חום-נמוך-#.m4a” /] – the same word as heat. Thus a low fever or a low-grade fever is חום נמוך[audioclip…