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The next in our nutrition-fact series is the Hebrew word for calcium – סִידָן. How did Modern Hebrew scholars come up with this word, a natural element discovered only in the nineteenth century? Well, the word limestone – a white substance, just like calcium – is אֶבֶן סִיד (EH-ven seed). And to whitewash is לְסַיֵּד (le-sah-ee-YED)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-1.m4a” /]לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַפְּרָחִים The simple word for a drink in Hebrew is שתייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-3.m4a” /]בא לי שתייה קרה. I feel like (having) a cold drink. But a higher-register word, corresponding to the English beverage, is משקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-4.m4a” /], of the root ש.ק.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/להשקות-5.m4a” /] – drink. This root also plugs…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /]כִּלְיָה You may know the word for kidney from the Jewish High Holiday prayers: בוחן כליות ולב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-2.m4a” /] – (the One who) sees the inner workings (literally, kidneys) and the heart. כליות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-3.m4a” /] are kidneys, while a single kidney is a כליה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /]. In another context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94-4.m4a” /]היא צריכה…
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