חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן
לְהַשְׁכִּיב Can’t read Hebrew yet? לִשְׁכַּב means to lie down. For example: בְּשַׁבָּת אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַיִם, אַבָּא שׁוֹכֵב עַל הַסַּפָּה. On Shabbat afternoon, Dad lies down on the sofa. לשכב is an intransitive form (more or lesss) of an active-simple verb, whose root is שׁ.כ.ב (sh.k.b). In order to express the…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
נִצָּחוֹן The Biblical Hebrew root נ.צ.ח (n.ts.kh) means power and force, so that the common term in סֵפֶר תְּהִלִּים – the Book of Psalms (SEH-fehr teh-hee-LEEM), לַמְנַצֵּחַ (lahm-nah-TSEH-ahkh), means to/of the one who makes an impact – or one who signs in an exclamatory fashion. Likewise, נֶצַח (NEH-tsahkh) means eternal – that whose force lasts forever. As…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/moreh-1.mp3″ /]מוֹרֶה, מוֹרָה Today (Monday), one of the greatest Torah leaders of our generation passed away. He was known by the Jewish world as Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, but among those following his specific brand of Judaism, he was known affectionately and reverently by the Aramaic word for our master or our teacher, מָרָן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/media-files/moreh-2.mp3″ /]. In…