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…
תַּשְׁבֵּץ Can’t read Hebrew yet? The root שׁ.ב.צ (sh.b.ts) means checkered or plaited. Thus a slot on a calendar is called a מִשְׁבֶּצֶת and an informal way of saying to book an appointment is לְשַׁבֵּץ פְּגִישָׁה For example: שִׁבַּצְתִּי אֶת הַפְּגִישָׁה שֶׁלָּךְ עִם הַמְּנַהֵל לְתֵּשַׁע וָחֵצִי, זֶה בְּסֵדֶר? I booked your (a…
שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה This one’s for ליאת (Liat). If you’ve got some Hebrew, the first word that may have come to mind for scandal is סְקַנְדָּל (skahn-DAHL). But there’s another word: שַׁעֲרוּרִיָּה (shah-ah-roo-ree-YAH). This word appears in Biblical Hebrew and is derived from the adjective שֹׁעַר (SHOH-ahr), meaning vile. For example… אֵיזוֹ שׁערורייה! (EH-ee-zoh shah-ah-roo-ree-YAH)…
This word is related to the word for a plan or a program we had the other day – תָּכְנִית (tohkh-NEET). The Hebrew word for recipe is מַתְכּוֹן (maht-KOHN). You can listen to and watch the video of a cute song about Israel’s national snack right here. And you can find all kinds of מתכונים (maht-koh-NEEM)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /]שְׂמִיכַת פּוּךְ You may know the Hebrew word for blanket – שמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /], but did you know its spelled with a שׂ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /] and not a ס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /]? Anyway, a duvet – that special quilt for winter – is שמיכת פוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /] or simply פוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/פוך-#.m4a” /]איפה…