The Yiddish origins of some Modern-Hebrew words

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 . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! =”410″> Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /]עֹשֶׁר Yesterday, we saw the word for poverty – עוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-2.m4a” /], while a poor man is עני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-3.m4a” /]. On the flip side, the word for wealth is עושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /], and a rich man is עשיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-4.m4a” /] (a rich woman is עשירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-5.m4a” /]). A similar-sounding word is אושר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עושר-1.m4a” /] – contentment…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-1.m4a” /]לְהַצִּיב גְּבוּלוֹת The Hebrew word for border, limit or boundary is גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-2.m4a” /]. This גבול could be physical or metaphorical, as in the expression: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-3.m4a” /]יש גבול לכל תעלול. There’s a limit to every trick. (i.e. I’m sick and tired of whatever you’re doing.) To set a boundary is להציב גבול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להציב-גבולות-4.m4a” /], where…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a” /]תַּנּוּר חִמּוּם Lots of apartments in Israel don’t have central heating. Instead, people warm up with a space heater – תנור חימום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a” /]. This expression means literally heating oven, where תנור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a” /] means oven and חימום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a” /] means heating. חימום is a noun form of the פיעל verb לחמם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a” /] – to heat. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/תנור-חימום-#.m4a”…

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