[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /]הֲסָרַת מִשְׁקָפַיִם Lasik is a brand, but like Kleenex, it also refers to the thing itself – laser eye surgery. In Hebrew people call this ניתוח להסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – surgery for removing glasses, or simply הסרת משקפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – glasses removal. Sometimes the expression has the word לייזר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/הסרת-משקפיים-#.m4a” /] – laser – in…
בְּרֹאשׁ מוּרָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-1.mp3″ /] To lift something, in Hebrew, is להרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-2.mp3″ /], an active-causative verb of the root ר.ו.מ (r.w.m) meaning height. Likewise, מורם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בראש-מורם-3.mp3″ /] – an adjective derived from the passive-causative verb form – means lifted up So that when someone walks with their head held high – with a lifted head – they do so בראש…
לַהֲרוֹג Can’t read Hebrew yet? Here’s one of the most ancient of words in the Hebrew language, going back to that primeval account of a brother in rage, the story of Cain and Abel. לַהֲרוֹג means to kill. For example: הַסַּרְטָן הָרַג אֹתָהּ. The cancer killed her. and לַהֲרוֹג וְלִרְצוֹחַ…
זְכֻיּוֹת Every human being has rights. זְכֻיּוֹת (zeh-khoo-YOHT) are what you’d call them in Hebrew. The singular is זְכוּת (zeh-KHOOT), coming from the root ז.כ.ה (z.k.h), meaning merit. Some related words are זַכַּאִי (zah-KAH-ee) – innocent or entitled; and לִזְכּוֹת (leez-KOHT) – to win (a prize or a case). Your chance to get talking in Hebrew starts…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חֲלַב עִיזִּים The Hebrew word for a female goat is עז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one goat is עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /] (a male is תיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], while more than one is תישים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]). Goat milk is חלב עיזים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/חלב-עיזים-#.m4a” /]חלב עיזים נחשב בריא יותר לבני אדם…
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…