having trouble seeing the print?
Sometimes a picture says it all, or least most of it (those studying the דַּף יוֹמִי
– the daily page (of Talmud) – certainly know what I’m talking about).
In Hebrew, we say:
One picture is worth (literally, is equal to) a thousand words.
Feel free to post examples of such תְּמוּנוֹת – pictures – in the YDDH Facebook group.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]מַדְרִיךְ צְלִילָה The Hebrew word for to dive is לצלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root צ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]. The word can be used both literally and metaphorically, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]בואו נצלול לתוך החומר הלימודי. Let’s dive into the study material. If לצלול is to dive, then צלילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /] is diving….
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″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להתעורר-8.m4a” /]נְשָׁמָה שֶׁלִּי If you want to refer to someone as my love in Hebrew, you might use the literal אהובי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נשמה-שלי-2.m4a” /] for a male and אהובתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נשמה-שלי-3.m4a” /] for a female. But Israelis use a different expression when saying my love when they exaggerate (or speak sarcastically): נשמה שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/נשמה-שלי-1.m4a” /] – literally, my soul. For…
תַּפְסִיקוּ לָרִיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-6.mp3″ /] Suppose you’re driving on a family trip in Israel, and the two boys are fighting in the back seat. You might turn your head around and say to them: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-7.mp3″ /]תפסיקו לריב, שניכם! Stop fighting, the two of you! The expression broken down: תפסיקו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תפסיקו-לריב-8.mp3″ /] – literally, you (plural) will stop. It’s a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/השתלת-לב-1.m4a” /]הַשְׁתָּלַת לֵב While the heart transplant is a modern activity, the idea of planting certainly appears in Biblical Hebrew under the root ש.ת.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/השתלת-לב-2.m4a” /], as in the simple פעל verb לשתול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/השתלת-לב-3.m4a” /] – to plant. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/השתלת-לב-4.m4a” /]הילדה שתלה שתיל. The girl planted a sapling. What about a transplant?…