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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לפסול-#.m4a” /]לִפְסוֹל To disqualify, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לפסול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לפסול-#.m4a” /]. Likewise, to be disqualified is the נפעל verb להיפסל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לפסול-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לפסול-#.m4a” /]עליתי ארבעה שלבים במשחק ואז נפסלתי. I went up four levels in the game and then I got disqualified. The root of לפסול and להיפסל is פ.ס.ל[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]צַמֶּרֶת The uppermost part of a tree, the treetop, is צמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. It’s also the word for the upper echelons of, say, a government, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/צמרת-#.m4a” /]בצמרת השלטון יושבים כמה אנשי צבא בכירים. In the upper echelons of the government (rulership) sit several senior military personnel. צמרת has a synonym which…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/שלטון-#.m4a” /]בַּשִּׁלְטוֹן To rule, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לשלוט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/שלטון-#.m4a” /], which also means to have a command of something. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/שלטון-#.m4a” /]היא שולטת בחמש שפות. She has a command of five languages. Related to לשלוט is the word for ruling power – שלטון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/שלטון-#.m4a” /], while בשלטון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/שלטון-#.m4a” /] means in…
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…
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/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /]טְרַמְפּוֹלִינָה, קַפֶּצֶת The Academy of the Hebrew Language did come up with an original Hebrew term for trampoline – קפצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /] – but it hasn’t quite caught on: Israelis still prefer to use טרמפולינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/טרמפולינה-#.m4a” /]יש בירושלים פארק טרמפולינות מקורה. In Jerusalem there’s an indoor trampoline park….