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Weekly Hebrew Review – remembering and forgetting
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″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
how to say “to hide (something)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להחביא-#.m4a” /]לְהַחְבִּיא, לְהַסְתִּיר To hide something physical is להחביא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להחביא-#.m4a” /], a הפעיל verb related to the children’s game מחבואים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להחביא-#.m4a” /] – hide and seek. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להחביא-#.m4a” /]איפה אמא החביאה את העוגיות? Where did Mom hide the cookies? But to hide something non-physical such as a fact – that’s להסתיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/להחביא-#.m4a” /], also a…
how to say “armor” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-1.m4a” /]שִׁרְיוֹן Imagine a knight riding a horse, spear in hand, charging towards the target, dressed from head to toe in armor. The Hebrew word for armor, a word as old as the Bible, is שריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-2.m4a” /]אבירים לבשו שריון. Knights wore armor. Nowadays, soldiers might wear an אפוד…
how to say “dam” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]סֶכֶר No, not damn. Dam – that thing that stops water from flowing. In Hebrew it’s a סכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose three letter root ס.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /] is almost identical to that of lockdown (the idea of stopping activity) – סגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose root is ס.ג.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]. The roots are so close that…
how to say “heavy” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]כָּבֵד The Hebrew word כבד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /] means heavy both in the literal sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]אתה תצליח להרים את זה, יעקב, זה לא כבד. You’ll be able to pick this up, Jacob, it’s not heavy. …as well as in the figurative sense, as in the opposite of light-hearted: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/כבד-#.m4a” /]מה…
how to say “rioting” in Hebrew
הִתְפָּרְעוּת, מְהוּמָה Learn Hebrew online Conversational Hebrew classes starting in Tel Aviv end of August Levels 1 and 2 intensive – afternoon, evening Classes in other locations will be announced soon. The increasingly global trend of mostly violent protesting (Israel’s being a notable exception) that started in Egypt spread this week to the United Kingdom,…