WEEKLY REVIEW – Make this Week’s Doses of Hebrew Your Own

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /]הִתְבּוֹלְלוּת You may know the Hebrew expression לבלבל את המוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /] – to drive someone crazy, or literally, to confuse the brain. לבלבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /], whose four-letter ב.ל.ב.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /] root is a linguistically-mutated version of ב.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /], means to confuse things. ב.ל.ל is also the root of the word assimiliation – התבוללות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/התבוללות-#.m4a” /]….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/מלאכותי-1.m4a” /]מְלָאכוּתִי The Hebrew word for artificial – מלאכותי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/מלאכותי-1.m4a” /] – comes from the word for craft – מלאכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/מלאכותי-2.m4a” /]. The root of these words is ל.א.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/מלאכותי-3.m4a” /], whose meaning has something to do with transmitting. ל.א.כ is also the root of מלאך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/מלאכותי-4.m4a” /] – angel, in Biblical-Hebrew terms also…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זרוע-1.m4a” /]זְרוֹעַ Though יד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זרוע-2.m4a” /] refers not only to the hand but also to the entire limb stretching out from the shoulder to the fingertips, the Hebrew word זרוע, sometimes called זרוע היד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זרוע-3.m4a” /], refers specifically to the arm. You may recognize it from the Biblical verse: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זרוע-4.m4a” /]אוֹ הֲנִסָּה אֱלֹהִים לָבוֹא לָקַחַת לוֹ…

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…