אמת, אמיתי If you’re having trouble seeing the vowels, enlarge the display on your monitor. The Rabbis pointed out that the Hebrew word for truth – אֶמֶת (eh-MEHT) – begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, א, continues with one of the two middle letters, מ, and ends with the last letter, ת….
עַבְדּוּת Can’t read Hebrew yet? לַעֲבוֹד means to work. But whereas an עוֹבֵד is a (male) worker or an employee, an עֶבֶד is a (male) slave. The feminine versions of these are employee–עוֹבֶדֶת and slave/maidservant–אָמָה . And slavery is עַבְדּוּת . For example: הָעַבְדּוּת הִתְקַיְּמָה בְּאַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית עַד שֶׁהִיא נֶאֱסְרָה בִּשְׁנַת…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]לְהַרְחִיב אֳפָקִים We’ve seen that להרחיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] means to expand or to elaborate. A synonym of these is to broaden – also להרחיב in Hebrew. So that if we want to broaden horizons, we say להרחיב אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /], since אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] is more than one אופק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] – horizon. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]צא לטיול…
having trouble seeing the print? הֶקְשֵׁר Knowing or not knowing the context in which an idea or image is put forth makes a big difference. The Hebrew word for context is הֶקְשֵׁר . Its root is ק.שׁ.ר (k.sh.r) meaning connection. For example: כְּשֶׁמּוֹצִיאִים פְּרָט מֵחוּץ לְהֶקְשֵׁרוֹ, מַפְסִידִים אֶת הַתְּמוּנָה הַגְּדוֹלָה. When…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]מוּפְשָׁט The Hebrew verb לפשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb) is to remove a piece of clothing, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /]הוא פשט את המעיל ואז התיישב. He took of his (the) coat and then sat down. Something simple – devoid of any extraneous details – is פשוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/מופשט-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip…