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The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world depicts a great demonstration of power.
Watch this video to learn some Hebrew terms about the concept of power.
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]תְּקוּפַת מַעֲבָר The Hebrew word מעבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /] means passage or aisle, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]לא לעמוד במעבר! No standing in the aisle! It also means transition, so that a period of transition is תקופת מעבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/תקופת-מעבר-#.m4a” /]כולנו עכשיו בתקופת מעבר. We’re all in a period of transition now. תקופת[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/הייתי-1.m4a” /]הָיִיתִי While Hebrew has a lot of different forms for verbs but not so many tenses, English doesn’t really have verb forms but has lots of tenses, such as the progressive, the simple, the conditional, etc, in addition to the regular past, present and future. So how does someone say “I would…” in Hebrew,…
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…
אָכִיל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, to express that an object or concept is capable of doing something, we usually add the suffix -able or -ible, as in reasonable and edible. Sometimes we add -ous as a suffix to express the same, as in poisonous – something…
לִתְמוֹךְ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve lived in Israel, you may have called your Internet service provider or your phone company and heard the recording in the directory say something like: לִתְמִיכָה טֶכְנִית, הַקִּישׁוּ שְׁתַּיִם. For technical support, press two. listen The word תמיכה listen and repeat means support,…