Learn Hebrew for free with Your Daily Dose of Hebrew and Ulpan La-Inyan.
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 שבוע…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /]מִקְלַחַת This week we’ve seen a series of words that follow a pattern: משמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – shift, מברשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – brush, משקפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – goggles/binoculars and מקלדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – keyboard. The word for shower – מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלחת-#.m4a” /] – would also sound like the others, but since its final root letter…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלדת-#.m4a” /]מִקְלֶדֶת The Hebrew word for keyboard is מקלדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלדת-#.m4a” /], while to type is the הפעיל verb להקליד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלדת-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלדת-#.m4a” /]אפשר להקליד בעברית בעזרת מקלדת וירטואלית. You can type in Hebrew using a virtual keyboard. The root of מקלדת and להקליד is ק.ל.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מקלדת-#.m4a” /], derived from the word קליד[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/משקפת-ב-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁקֶפֶת Strictly speaking, משקפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/משקפת-ב-#.m4a” /] is something one looks through – its root is ש.ק.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/משקפת-ב-#.m4a” /] meaning looking out. משקפת is the word for both googles and binoculars. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/משקפת-ב-#.m4a” /]כמה כוכבים רואים הלילה! חבל שלא הבאתי איתי משקפת. How many stars we can see tonight! Too bad I didn’t bring binoculars with…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /]מִבְרֶשֶׁת שֵׂעָר The Hebrew word for brush is מברשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /]. Look at it closely. Its root is ב.ר.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מברשת-שיער-#.m4a” /], the same consonants as the English brush. Does this word really have an English origin? Yes and no. Someone – possibly Eliezer Ben Yehuda – coined the term מברשת in the late…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /]נִרְדַּם בַּמִּשְׁמֶרֶת The Hebrew word for shift (as in the night shift) is משמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /], which comes from the root ש.מ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /] meaning watching: a shift is when someone is in charge, responsible for what goes on. What about falling asleep on the job – both literal and figurative? That’s להירדם במשמרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/נרדם-במשמרת-#.m4a” /]. For example:…