Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /]שׁוֹרָשִׁים If you’ve been following Your Daily Dose of Hebrew for a while, you’ve seen me refer to Hebrew roots many a time. But what’s the word in Hebrew? שורש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] is a root, and שורשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/שורשים-#.m4a” /] are roots – and not only of words, but of plants, as well as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/צהל-#.m4a” /]צַהַ”ל The Hebrew term for the Israel Defense Force is צבא ההגנה לישראל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/צהל-#.m4a” /] – literally, the Army of Defense for Israel.  How does one say that quickly and concisely? [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/צהל-#.m4a” /]ראשי התיבות צה”ל הם קיצור של “צבא ההגנה לישראל.” The acronym IDF is an abbreviation of “the Israel Defense Force”. Since the military…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת In Hebrew, an acronym (letters that stand for words, such as CIA) is ראשי תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] – literally, heads of words, where תיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /] is a Mishnaic word for words. Hebrew is full of ראשי תיבות, which can be frustrating: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ראשי-תיבות-#.m4a” /]ראשי תיבות לפעמים מרגישים כמו שפה בפני עצמה. Acronyms sometimes…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/בפני-עצמו-#.m4a” /]בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ In an of itself is one of those concepts that difficult to describe. So let’s see in context first instead: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/בפני-עצמו-#.m4a” /]כל פגישה עם המטפל היא חוויה בפני עצמה. Each meeting with the therapist is an experience in and of itself. Hebrew’s expression is בפני עצמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/בפני-עצמו-#.m4a” /], when referring…



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/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /]קָדוֹשׁ While the English word martyr comes originally from a Greek word for witness, Hebrew’s word is קדוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the masculine and קדושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the feminine – the same word as holy. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /]קדושי מחנות ההשמדה מונצחים במוזיאון יד ושם שבירושלים. The martyrs of the death…

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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /]מַחֲנֵה רִכּוּז If ריכוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] is concentration, מחנה ריכוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] is concentration camp. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /]רוב הנרצחים בשואה נספו במחנות הריכוז. Most of those murdered in the Holocaust perished in the concentration camps. You may have noticed that מחנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /], a masculine word, has an ות-[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/מחנה-ריכוז-#.m4a” /] ending…

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