בִּמְיֻחָד, בִּפְרָט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/במיוחד-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for special is מְיֻחָד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/במיוחד-2.mp3″ /], so especially – literally, with special or with “specialness” – is בִּמְיֻחָד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/במיוחד-3.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/במיוחד-4.mp3″ /]הוּא לֹא גָּבוֹהַּ בִּמְיֻחָד. He’s not especially tall. Now, that’s the basic word. A more polished, specific expression in English is in particular, which…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]לִגְלוֹל The Hebrew root ג.ו.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /] is about roundness. We see it in the word for marbles – גולות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]. ג.ו.ל sometimes appears as another root – ג.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /], as in the simple verb to scroll – לגלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/לגלול-#.m4a” /]צריך לגלול עד סוף הדף. You need to scroll to…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]בָּצֵק The kind of dough from which one might bake is בצק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /]הבצק מוכן – אפשר להכניס אותו לתנור. The dough is ready – you can put it in the oven. Another word, עיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/בצק-#.m4a” /], means dough as well, but can also refer to any…
Correction: The title of yesterday’s email read רִבּוּי מְשִׁימוֹת, with a שׁ. The title should have read רִבּוּי מְשִׂימוֹת with a שׂ. The phrase means multitasking. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חלוקת-תפקידים-1.m4a” /]חֲלֻקַּת תַּפְקִידִים The Hebrew word for labor or work is עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חלוקת-תפקידים-2.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חלוקת-תפקידים-3.m4a” /]פעם מפלגת העבודה הובילה. The Labor party used to be the leading one (used…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחבל-מתאבד-1.m4a” /]מְחַבֵּל מִתְאַבֵּד The expression suicide bomber aptly described the terrorists of the second Intifada in Israel of the early 2000s. Today’s attackers are just as willing to die in order to murder Jews, but they tend to use knives and cars instead of bombs. The Hebrew equivalent of suicide bomber applies to both brands of terrorist: מחבל מתאבד[audioclip…
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 Game Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!