[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /]הַשְׁקָפַת עוֹלָם The word for glasses – משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /] – comes from the root ש.ק.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /], one of the roots that mean vision. In the הפעיל verb form, להשקיף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /] means to look out on. Likewise, השקפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /] means outlook, with השקפת עולם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /] meaning worldview. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/השקפת-עולם-#.m4a” /]הם מסתדרים ביחד…
מַעְיָן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Hebrew name מַעְיָן listen and repeat – given mostly to girls but also to boys – means spring or well. For example: אֵזוֹר בֵּית שְׁאָן נִקְרָא “עֵמֶק הַמַּעְיָנוֹת.” The Beit Shean region is called “The Valley of the Springs.” listen A…
having trouble seeing the print? יְמִינָה, שְׂמֹאלָה Check Out Our Elections Vocab Builder This post will help you understand directions given to you, as well as provide them yourself when asked in Israel. It’s material we empower our students with in our Level 1 class. We saw last week that the Hebrew terms for right and left are יָמִין and שְׂמֹאל, respectively. That’s right and left by themselves. But when…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]לַעֲבוֹר אֶת הַגִּיל In Hebrew, to outgrow something by virtue of age or maturity is לעבור את הגיל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – literally, to pass the age. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /]הוא כבר עבר את הגיל עם החצ’קונים. He already passed the age of (with) acne. Broken down, that’s: לעבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/לעבור-את-הגיל-#.m4a” /] – to pass, a simple…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-1.m4a” /]שְׁמוּרַת טֶבַע We’ve seen that the Hebrew word for to keep or to guard is לשמור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-2.m4a” /]. A reserve – that which is preserved or kept – is called שמורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-3.m4a” /]. And since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-6.m4a” /] refers to more than a pair of sandals but to nature itself, a nature reserve is שמורת טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שמורת-טבע-1.m4a” /]….