[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-1.m4a” /]רֵד מֵהָעֵץ We’ve seen that the word לרדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-2.m4a” /] means to get off, as in לרדת מהאוטובוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-3.m4a” /] – to get off the bus. In the imperative – get off! – this is רד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-4.m4a” /] when speaking to a male, רדי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-5.m4a” /] to a female and רדו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-6.m4a” /] to a group. לרדת מנושא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/רד-מהעץ-7.m4a”…
אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת Can’t read Hebrew yet? Tomorrow is יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה, Israel’s national Holocaust (Memorial) Day. As we have seen in the past few weeks, antisemitism is alive and well. The Hebrew term for this phenomenon is אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת , which connects the Latin prefix anti– with Semite – שֵׁמִי (literally, a descendant of the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/יומן-1.m4a” /]יוֹמָן The Spanish word for day is dia (pretty close in sound to day), and it serves as the basis for the word diary. Likewise, journal comes from the French journee, also meaning day. A diary or a journal is a book in which people record the events of their day, either as an intellectual/emotional exercise, or as a…
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!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /]חֲפִירָה The Hebrew word לחפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /], a simple פעל verb, means to dig. Its basic noun version is חפירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /] – a dig, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חפירה-#.m4a” /]החפירות בעיר דוד נמשכות כבר שנים על גבי שנים. The digging (digs) in the City of David have gone on for years and years. People use לחפור…
שַׁבָּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שבת-1.mp3″ /] Modern Hebrew speakers use שַׁבָּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שבת-1.mp3″ /] – the Hebrew word for Sabbath – as a feminine noun. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שבת-2.mp3″ /]הָיְתָה לְךָ שַׁבָּת טוֹבָה? Did you (a male) have a good Shabbat? But is שבת necessarily a feminine noun? Looking at Biblical Hebrew, it’s not so clear: Sometimes שבת is…