[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]כִּיכַּר לֶחֶם If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the word for traffic circle or roundabout: כיכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]. But did you know that כיכר (full term – כיכר לחם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]) originally referred to a loaf of bread? Not a loaf in the rectangular shape we’re used to seeing on the shelves…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /]קוֹפְצָנִי You may know the Hebrew word for to jump – לקפוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-2.m4a” /], also jumping. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-3.m4a” /]לא לקפוץ מהגג! No jumping from the roof! A jumpy person, for better or for worse, is קופצני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-1.m4a” /] if he’s a male and קוצפנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/קופצני-4.m4a” /] if she’s a female. קופצני also applies…
יְקוּם Can’t read Hebrew yet? Biblical Hebrew uses the word יְקוּם to mean substance or existence – coarsely, stuff. For example, in the story of the Flood, G-d says: …וּמָחִיתִי אֶת כָּל הַיְּקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה… …and I will wipe out all the substance that I made from the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-1.m4a” /]שָׂדוֹת וּפַרְדְּסִים If you’re not familiar with Hebrew agricultural terms, perhaps you know the word for airport – or, more accurately, air field – שדה תעופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-2.m4a” /]. The word שדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-3.m4a” /] means field. Even though fields are שדות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-4.m4a” /], the word שדה is a masculine noun, so that we have: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שדות-ופרדסים-5.m4a” /]בארץ ישראל יש…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-1.m4a” /]מְקֹרָבִים The basic Hebrew word for close is קרוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-2.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-3.m4a” /]מקום העבודה שלי נמצא קרוב לבית. My place of work is (situated) close to home. And family members, people who are close genetically or through marriage, are קרובי משפחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורבים-4.m4a” /]. For people close to someone of stature – insiders – the word is מקורבים[audioclip…