מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /] The Hebrew word for a work shift is מִשְׁמֶרֶת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-1.mp3″ /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משמרת-2.mp3″ /]הִיא עוֹבֶדֶת בְּמִשְׁמָרוֹת לֹא קְבוּעוֹת. She works in inconsistent (not fixed) shifts. The root of משמרת is שׁ.מ.ר (sh.m.r) meaning to keep or to guard, so that משמרת originally referred to a shift of guarding something or…
לְהִתְמַלֵּא listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? מָלֵא listen and repeat for something masculine and מְלֵאָה listen and repeat for something feminine mean full, as in filled to capacity. For example: הַמָּקוֹם מָלֵא בַּאֲנָשִׁים. The place is full of people. listen and הַבֶּטֶן שֶׁלִּי מְלֵאָה. My stomach is full. listen For…
זֵר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for a bouquet is זֵר listen and repeat. It’s also the word for a wreath or a garland. For example: נָתַתִּי לָהּ זֵר פְּרָחִים. I gave her a bouquet of flowers. listen and, from an Israeli version of “Happy Birthday to You”: …
having trouble seeing the print? בִּקּוּר Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s winter course offerings! לבקר (leh-vah-KEHR) is to visit. Thus, following the patterns of the active-intensive פיעל verb, a visit is a בִּקּוּר (bee-KOOR). Visiting the sick is ביקור חוֹלִים (bee-KOOR khoh-LEEM), while a visitor center is מֶרְכַּז מְבַקִּרִים (mehr-KAHZ meh-vah-keh-REEM). Something that might help you remember the word ביקור is that it rhymes with the Hebrew term for acupuncture – דִּקּוּר סִינִי (dee-KOOR SEE-nee) –…
having trouble seeing the print? מֻנָּחוֹן לְסֵדֶר פֶּסַח (Hebrew Glossary for the Passover Seder) Hebrew class Starts April 7 In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv To enhance your Passover experience, I’ve prepared a glossary. PDF printable version Online glossary with sound This will be the last entry of Your Daily Dose of Hebrew until after Passover. חַג פֶּסַח שָׂמֵחַ!…