WEEKLY REVIEW – Make this Week’s Doses of Hebrew Your Own
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /]אָסִיר בִּטְחוֹנִי We’ve seen that ביטחון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /] means security. Someone in prison for security reasons, such as a terrorist, is called אסיר ביטחוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/אסיר-ביטחוני-#.m4a” /]הוא סוהר בשב”ס – הוא מספר שהאסירים הביטחוניים אוכלים שם טוב מאוד. He’s a jailer at the Shabas – he tells that the security…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]לְהַרְחִיב אֳפָקִים We’ve seen that להרחיב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] means to expand or to elaborate. A synonym of these is to broaden – also להרחיב in Hebrew. So that if we want to broaden horizons, we say להרחיב אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /], since אופקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] is more than one אופק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /] – horizon. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/להרחיב-אופקים-#.m4a” /]צא לטיול…
יְקוּם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Biblical Hebrew uses the word יְקוּם listen and repeat to mean substance or existence – coarsely, stuff. For example, in the story of the Flood, G-d says: …וּמָחִיתִי אֶת כָּל הַיְּקוּם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה… …and I will wipe out all the substance that I…