Weekly YDDH Review

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /]צִמְחוֹנִי חג הסוכות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] – the Sukkot holiday – is a time when Jews connect to nature. The word for plant or that which grows from the ground is צמח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /], while vegetation is צמחייה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /]. What about someone who eats mainly vegetables? That’s צמחוני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] if he’s male, or צמחונית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/צמחוני-#.m4a” /] if…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]מַצָּעִים The Hebrew word for linen the material is פשתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /], but the term for linens meaning bedding is מצעים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]האירוח כולל מצעים ומגבות. Accommodation includes linens and towels. מצעים is the plural of מצע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /], which itself comes from the root י.צ.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מצעים-#.m4a” /]. This word has…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַצֵּל The Hebrew word for to apologize is the התפעל verb להתנצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]. The word first appears in Biblical Hebrew in the context of removing jewelry in an act of shame and submission. This very physical act was down in the presence of someone else, so the word is followed with a form…