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/2018/08/יקב-#.m4a” /]יֶקֶב Referring in Biblical Hebrew to an element in the wine-making process, today יקב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/יקב-#.m4a” /] refers to the entire winery. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/יקב-#.m4a” /]תעשיית היין הישראלית חזקה מאוד – יש כאן יותר מ-300 יקבים. The Israeli wine industry is very strong – there are over 300 wineries here. In an of relationship…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /]עִסְקָה If a business is an עסק [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-2.m4a” /] and business in the general sense is עסקים [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-3.m4a” /] – literally, businesses, then a business deal is an עסקה [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-1.m4a” /] For example: היינו כל כך קרובים לסגור את העסקה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/עסקה-4.m4a” /] We were so close to closing the deal. In…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מסלול-מכשולים-#.m4a” /]מַסְלוּל מִכְשׁוֹלִים The word for course or track in Hebrew is מסלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מסלול-מכשולים-#.m4a” /], from the root ס.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מסלול-מכשולים-#.m4a” /] meaning paving. מסלול can be physical or abstract, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מסלול-מכשולים-#.m4a” /]אני לא יודע איזה מסלול חיסכון לבחור. I don’t know what savings track to choose. The word for obstacle is מכשול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מסלול-מכשולים-#.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]גַּז טִבְעִי The Hebrew word for gas is easy enough: גז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]. And it turns out that both gas and גז derive from the word chaos – since gas is made up of atoms with a chaotic arrangement. Natural gas is גז טבעי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /], since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /] means nature. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]לישראל יש מאגרים ענקיים…