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having trouble seeing the print? דֹּפֶק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The word introduced yesterday, לִדְפוֹק – to knock – (leed-FOHK), has a quasi-literal meaning of to beat, as in heartbeat. It follows, then, that the word for pulse would be related: דֹּפֶק (DOH-fek)….
having trouble seeing the print? תְּמוּנָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The word image has several meanings in English. There’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as…
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 . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-1.m4a” /]כְּלָלֵי הַמִּשְׂחָק The Hebrew word for game is משחק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-2.m4a” /], of the root שׂ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-3.m4a” /], which means play. This root is very similar in both sound and meaning to the root צ.ח.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-4.m4a” /] meaning laugh. As opposed to a law which is a חוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-5.m4a” /], a rule is a כלל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-6.m4a” /], and rules are כללים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/כללי-המשחק-7.m4a” /]. Thus you…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-1.m4a” /]נַעֲלֵי רִיצָה, נַעֲלֵי סְפּוֹרְט If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the word for shoes – נעליים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-2.m4a” /]. But there are different types of shoes, such as נעלי ריקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-3.m4a” /] – dancing shoes, נעלי ריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-4.m4a” /] – running shoes and נעלי טניס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/נעלי-ספורט-5.m4a” /] – tennis shoes. Israelis are likely to call any…