חֵרֶם, לְהַחֲרִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-1.wav” /] The English word boycott is named for a 19th-century Irishman, Charles C. Boycott, who was ostracized after refusing to lower rent for his tenant farmers (see Online Etymological Dictionary). The Hebrew word for this social (or antisocial) action goes further back, all the way to the Bible. The word is חֵרֶם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/חרם-2.wav”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /]טְרַמְפּוֹלִינָה, קַפֶּצֶת The Academy of the Hebrew Language did come up with an original Hebrew term for trampoline – קפצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /] – but it hasn’t quite caught on: Israelis still prefer to use טרמפולינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /]יש בירושלים פארק טרמפולינות מקורה. In Jerusalem there’s an indoor trampoline park….
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 Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [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!
גְּדֻלָּה listen to this word pronounced If you’ve done some Jewish prayer, you’re almost certainly familiar with today’s word. Big or great is גָּדוֹל (gah-DOHL), when used in the masculine. Greatness is גדולה (ge-doo-LAH). In past generations, before Hebrew was revived as a spoken language as well as standardized, the word גַּדְלוּת (gahd-LOOT) was used to mean…