Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

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/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]מַדחֹם Fever, in Hebrew, is חום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], the same word as heat. To measure is למדוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /], of the root מ.ד.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /].  Thus, a device that measures fever – a thermometer – is a מדחום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/מד-חום-#.m4a” /]יש לכם מדחום בבית? Do you guys have a thermometer at…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/לעטות-מסכה-#.m4a” /]לָשִׂים/לַעֲטוֹת/לַחְבֹּשׁ מַסֵּכָה *This Dose is based on this article by the Academy of the Hebrew Language. In English one could say to put on a mask just as well as to wear one or to don one. Hebrew has a similar repertoire of choices: לשים מסכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/לעטות-מסכה-#.m4a” /] Most Israelis say לשים מסכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/לעטות-מסכה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to…

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/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]קַטְלָן Less commonly called אורקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] – orca, a killer whale, in Hebrew, is לוויתן קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] or simply קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /], which comes from the Aramaic root ק.ט.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] meaning kill (לוויתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] means whale). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]השנה נצפה לוויתן קטלן לראשונה מול חופי ישראל. This…