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…
נגן For those of you familiar with the Hassidic (Chassidische) world, you probably know the word for melody – נִגּוּן (Modern Hebrew: nee-GOON; Ashkenazi pronunciation: NIH-gihn). The root of this word is נ.ג.נ (n.g.n). Likewise, the word for musician – as well as the 20th century Hebrew word for media player of various kinds – is (nah-GAHN)….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /]בְּעָלִים Hebrew doesn’t have words for to own or to have. Rather, I have is יש לי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] – literally, there is to me. And ownership is בעלות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /], deriving from the Biblical word בעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/בעלים-#.m4a” /] meaning master (also husband). When referring to the owner of a piece of real estate or a company, the word is בעלים[audioclip…
מְמֻשְׁקָף I bet you weren’t expecting this one. To ease your mind, the word for bespectacled in Hebrew is much more en vogue than its English counterpart. You may know the Hebrew word for glasses or spectacles – מִשְׁקָפַיִם (meesh-kah-FAH-yeem). To put on glasses is לְהַרְכִּיב משקפים – literally, to assemble glasses. But someone…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]לְהַצְבִּיעַ עַל To indicate or to point out, in Hebrew, is להצביע על[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /] – literally, to point at. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/להצביע-על-#.m4a” /]מחקר חדש מצביע על כך שאכילת אגוזים תורמת לבריאות המוח. A new study indicates (points out) that eating nuts contributes to brain health. see full conversation The root of this…
בְּרֵכַת שְׂחִיָּה Can’t read Hebrew yet? I’m loving the warm weather here in Israel. It’s perfect for swimming, my favorite sport. The Hebrew term for swimming is שְׂחִיָּה , derived from the simple verb לִשְׂחוֹת – to swim – of the root שׂ.ח.ה (s.kh.h). And a pool is a בְּרֵכָה ….