[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צל-1.m4a” /]צֵל Though physically speaking they are more or less the same, shade and shadow can mean very different things in English: shade is cool and pleasant, while shadow can be frightening, a place where monsters lurk. Hebrew has one word for both: צל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צל-1.m4a” /], which in Biblical has either a neutral or positive connotation, as it usually does in Modern Hebrew as…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]כִּיכַּר לֶחֶם If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, you know the word for traffic circle or roundabout: כיכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]. But did you know that כיכר (full term – כיכר לחם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/כיכר-לחם-#.m4a” /]) originally referred to a loaf of bread? Not a loaf in the rectangular shape we’re used to seeing on the shelves…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-1.m4a” /]הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיְּחִידָה שֶׁלִּי Many people in Israel work several part time jobs – משרות חלקיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-2.m4a” /], which together make up a full-time salary or more. Now, משרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-3.m4a” /] is one of the words for job. Another word is עבודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/עבודה-יחידה-4.m4a” /] which means literally, work. Only in Hebrew, in the sense of only one,…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /]חָתָן It’s wedding season in Israel – עונת החתונות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /] – and the root of the word for wedding – חתונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /] – is ח.ת.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /], which also forms the word for groom – חתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/חתן-#.m4a” /]החתן נפצע ברגל כשהוא שבר את הכוס. The groom injured…