THIS WEEK’S VIDEO DOSE OF HEBREW – how to say “number” and what that has to do with stories and hair

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-1.m4a” /]שִׁרְיוֹן Imagine a knight riding a horse, spear in hand, charging towards the target, dressed from head to toe in armor. The Hebrew word for armor, a word as old as the Bible, is שריון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/שריון-2.m4a” /]אבירים לבשו שריון. Knights wore armor. Nowadays, soldiers might wear an אפוד…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/גאות-ושפל-#.m4a” /]גֵּאוּת וְשֵׁפֶל The expression גאות ושפל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/גאות-ושפל-#.m4a” /] refers to the tide that one finds where water meets land. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/גאות-ושפל-#.m4a” /]מחזור גאות ושפל הוא תופעה טבעית. The cycle of the tide is a natural phenomenon. Metaphorically, גאות ושפל also refers to the highs and lows of life, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/גאות-ושפל-#.m4a”…

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]הִתְחַשְּׁבוּת The Hebrew word for thought is מחשבה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]רואים שהיא השקיעה המון מחשבה בהודעה שהיא כתבה. You can see she put in a lot of thought into the message she wrote. What about thoughtfulness or consideration? That’s התחשבות[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /], a word that often…