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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /]הַבְטָחָה If להבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /] is to promise, הבטחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /] is a promise. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /]היא תמיד מקיימת את ההבטחות שלה. She always keeps her promises. The root of these words is ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /], spelling !בטח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /] – sure! And although אבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הבטחה-#.m4a” /] – watermelon – seems to have the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]הָאָרֶץ הַמּוּבְטַחַת The Hebrew word for to promise is להבטיח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]אבא הבטיח להביא לנו מתנות! Dad promised to bring us gifts! Now, להבטיח is a הפעיל verb (of the root ב.ט.ח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הארץ-המובטחת-#.m4a” /]), which means it’s an active verb. Its passive (פועל) flipside – promised – is מובטח[audioclip…
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…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /]לְהוֹדוֹת The Hebrew word for to thank or to give thanks is להודות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להודות-#.m4a” /]אני רוצה להודות לכם על הערב הנהדר הזה. I want to thank you guys for this great evening. להודות also means to acknowledge and to admit: when we give thanks, we are acknowledging what someone else has…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]מִבְטָא Another great word to know from the root ב.ט.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] is מבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /] – accent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]יש לה מבטא לועזי. She has a foreign accent. and [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/מבטא-#.m4a” /]הוא אוהב לחקות מבטאים שונים. He likes imitating different accents. In Hebrew liturgy, מבטא also refers to verbal expression, as in…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /]בִּטּוּי Just as in English there’s expression, saying, maxim, aphorism, etc, in Hebrew there are also several words for expression: אמירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is literally a saying, ניב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] means both expression and dialect, פתגם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is an expression with a moral, and ביטוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ביטוי-#.m4a” /] is simply a verbal expression or phrase, originating from…