[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /]מֻכְשָׁר Look closely at the words for talented – מוכשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] for a male and מוכשרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] for a female – and see if you can spot the three-letter root. It’s כ.ש.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] meaning fit, the same root as that of כשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/מוכשר-#.m4a” /] – kosher. Food that is kosher is fit for Jewish eating. Likewise, a…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]כְּתִיבָה יוֹצֶרֶת While to write is לכתוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (a simple verb), writing is כתיבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]. And since ליצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (also a simple verb) is to create, creative writing is כתיבה יוצרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /] (literally, writing that creates). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כתיבה-יוצרת-#.m4a” /]יש לה תואר שני בכתיבה יוצרת. She has a masters degree…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]לַיַּשֵּׁב A human settlement of any kind is a יישוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]. Its root is י.ש.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], meaning sitting or dwelling. Now, יישוב is a verbal noun: it derives from the פיעל verb ליישב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /], to settle. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ליישב-#.m4a” /]האירופאים הראשונים התחילו ליישב את אמריקה לפני אלף שנה. The first Europeans…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]גַּז טִבְעִי The Hebrew word for gas is easy enough: גז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]. And it turns out that both gas and גז derive from the word chaos – since gas is made up of atoms with a chaotic arrangement. Natural gas is גז טבעי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /], since טבע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /] means nature. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/גז-טבעי-#.m4a” /]לישראל יש מאגרים ענקיים…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הַכְחָשָׁה To deny, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להכחיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]היא הכחישה את מה שהוא אמר לגביה. She denied what he said about her. The noun form of להכחיש is הכחשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /] – denial. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הכחשה-#.m4a” /]הוא לגמרי בהכחשה לגבי מה שקרה. He’s totally in…