listen and repeat, of the root שׁ.ק.פ (sh.k.p) having to do with visibility.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]לְצַלְחֵת The Hebrew word for plate is צלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]שמתי יותר מדי אוכל על הצלחת. I put too much food on my (the) plate. In restaurants, plate becomes a verb: to plate is to arrange the various elements of a dish on the plate. In Hebrew, this is לצלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /],…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-1.m4a” /]גֵּרוּשׁ סְפָרַד The Modern-Hebrew word for Spain is ספרד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-2.m4a” /], though the name in Biblical Hebrew refers to a land far away from Israel, most likely in present-day western Turkey (Wikipedia). In Mishnaic times the land that is today Spain was called אספמיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/גירוש-ספרד-3.m4a” /], probably a Phoenician version of the Hebrew אי…
מִצַּד שֵׁנִי, לְעֻמַּת זֹאת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? On the one hand, the snow is pretty. But on the other hand, it’s cold and I prefer warmth. English uses the metaphor of hands to speak about the two sides of a dilemma. Hebrew uses sides: מִצַּד אֶחָד –…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסר-1.m4a” /]מֶסֶר, הוֹדָעָה A message can be something of moral substance. Or it could be a simple piece of information. Hebrew has a word for each: מסר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסר-2.m4a” /] usually functions as the moralistic or philosophical word, while הודעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסר-3.m4a” /] is a more simple message. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מסר-4.m4a” /]ילדים, איזה מסר אתם לומדים מהסרט הזה? Kids,…