[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]מֵי תְּהוֹם תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /], appearing in both the first and final portions of the Torah, means abyss or the depths. Thus the water found down there is מי תהום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /] – waters of the depths or groundwater. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/מי-תהום-#.m4a” /]הרבה מהמים שאנחנו שותים בישראל באים מהכנרת, והרבה ממי תהום. Lots of water that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/פסח-2020-#.m4a” /]מילה שימושית בעברית מודרנית Useful Word in Modern Hebrew [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/פסח-2020-#.m4a” /]סימני הסדר The Seder Contents להקדיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/פסח-2020-#.m4a” /] – to dedicate The root ק.ד.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/פסח-2020-#.m4a” /] means holy, and something holy is unique, set aside. To dedicate is להקדיש, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/פסח-2020-#.m4a” /]אני מקדיש לכם את השיר הזה. I dedicate to…
טֶלֶפוֹן חָכָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-1.mp3″ /] You’re likely to hear Israelis referring to their Apple or Android devices as סְמַארְטְפוֹנִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-2.mp3″ /]. But more and more you’re like to also hear a smartphone referred to as טֶלֶפוֹן חָכָם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סמארטפון-3.mp3″ /]רַק לְהַיּוֹם, מִבְצַע עַל כָּל הַטֶּלֶפוֹנִים הַחֲכָמִים. For today only, a sale on all…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-1.m4a” /]בָּחוּר כָּאֶרֶז The cedar tree, native to the lands of the Bible including the country known then and today as Lebanon, was venerated as beautiful, strong, majestic. It makes sense then that in the biblical poem שיר השירים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בחור-כארז-2.m4a” /] – Song of Songs, the young woman refers to her beloved as a young man like…
רָזֶה, דַּק Can’t read Hebrew yet? When speaking about a person, the word for thin is רָזֶה for a male, and רָזָה for a female. For example: הִיא עָשְׂתָה דִּיאֶטָה וְעַכְשָׁיו הִיא מְאֹד רָזָה. She went on a diet and now she is very thin. When speaking about an object, however, the…