[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]קֶרֶן My sister’s name is Karen, which in Hebrew is קרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]. The word itself refers to a beam such as קרן אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /] – a beam of light, but originally to the horn of an animal. Since the horn of an animal is strong and sturdy, post-biblical Hebrew expanded the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]מֵי תְּהוֹם תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /], appearing in both the first and final portions of the Torah, means abyss or the depths. Thus the water found down there is מי תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /] – waters of the depths or groundwater. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]הרבה מהמים שאנחנו שותים בישראל באים מהכנרת, והרבה ממי תהום. Lots of water that…
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!
טֶבַע הָאָדָם, הַטֶּבַע הָאֱנוֹשִׁי Can’t read Hebrew yet? In observance of the Jewish holidays, I took off some time from blogging. Now it’s back to the routine, with a dose of Hebrew that brings themes of the holidays together with themes of the Torah portions being read these weeks by Jews around…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-1.m4a” /]מַעֲרֶכֶת לְנִתּוּב שִׂיחוֹת Many of us in Israel hear this expression whenever we call a company: מערכת לניתוב שיחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-1.m4a” /] – literally, a system for routing calls. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-2.m4a” /]לפניכם, מערכת לניתוב שיחות. Before you is a call-routing system. Broken down: מערכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מערכת-לניתוב-3.m4a” /] – system, from the root ע.ר.כ[audioclip…