practice and own this week’s doses of Hebrew!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /]מַחֲנֵה רִכּוּז If ריכוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] is concentration, מחנה ריכוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] is concentration camp. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /]רוב הנרצחים בשואה נספו במחנות הריכוז. Most of those murdered in the Holocaust perished in the concentration camps. You may have noticed that מחנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /], a masculine word, has an ות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] ending…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/צפירה-#.m4a” /]צְפִירָה The Hebrew word for siren is צפירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/צפירה-#.m4a” /]. Although it might make sense that the word comes from ציפור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/צפירה-#.m4a” /] – bird, that’s not the case. Rather, צפירה comes from the Aramaic word צפרא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/צפירה-#.m4a” /] – morning: a siren is a wakeup call. Here’s the word in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/צפירה-#.m4a” /]לא כל…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /]פַּח אַשְׁפָּה Americans call it a garbage can. Brits call it a rubbish bin. Israelis call it a פח אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /] – or simply פח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /], which means literally, tin (אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /] means garbage/rubbish/trash), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /]זרוק את זה לפח, דני. Throw it in the trash, Danny. פח אשפה…

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 . Space Race . 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!