weekly video dose – how to say “to bless” in Hebrew

פַּרְווָרִים Every Dose this week introduces a word or expression with origins in Biblical Hebrew, and פרוור – suburb – is no exception. It’s sometimes spelled פרבר, as in: בגלל יוקר המחיה עברנו לפרברים. Because of the high cost of living we moved to the suburbs. Now, פרוור doesn’t look or sound like a Semitic…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /]מִצְפֵּה תַּת-יַמִּי Eilat, Israel’s resort town, hosts lots of attractions like water skiing, snorkeling, and an underwater observatory. The latter, in Hebrew, is מצפה תת-ימי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /]מהמצפה התת-ימי אפשר לראות גם כרישים! From the underwater observatory you can even see sharks! מצפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מצפה-תת-ימי-#.m4a” /] – observatory – comes…