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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]מָנָה עִיקָּרִית The Hebrew word for course (of a meal) or portion is מנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], as appears in the Book of Esther in the form of מנותיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] – her (food) portions. Thus a first course is מנה ראשונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], dessert or a last course is מנה אחרונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] (also קינוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]), and a…
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/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]קֶרֶן My sister’s name is Karen, which in Hebrew is קרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]. The word itself refers to a beam such as קרן אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /] – a beam of light, but originally to the horn of an animal. Since the horn of an animal is strong and sturdy, post-biblical Hebrew expanded the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]שְׂמִיכָה The Hebrew word for blanket is שמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]כל כך קר – בא לי להיות מתחת לשמיכה. It’s so cold – I feel like being under my (the) blanket. Note that שמיכה sounds the same as סמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /] meaning rabbinical ordination, which itself comes from the root…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אַזְכָּרָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the simple verb לזכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /] – to remember, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אני זוכר אותה! I (a male) remember her! Then there’s the הפעיל verb from the same root, to remind – להזכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]לא צריך להזכיר לה…