Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /]וֵסְט, אֵפוֹד That fancy piece of clothing that looks like a shirt without sleeves is called by Israelis וסט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /], just like in English. There is an official Hebrew word coined by the Academy of the Hebrew language – לסוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /] – but it never caught on. וסט in context: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]יַהֲלוֹם The Hebrew word for diamond is יהלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]בורסת היהלומים הישראלית ממוקמת ברמת גן. The Israeli diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan. Unlike in English, we don’t use the metaphor of a diamond in diamond-shaped – we say instead צורת ריבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /] – square-shape.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /]תְּכֵלֶת כחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /] is the common word for blue, but Israelis often use תכלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /] to refer to particularly graceful things like the sea and the sky. תכלת is azure – basically sky blue. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /]יש לה עיניים יפות, בצבע תכלת. She has beautiful eyes, of the color sky blue….

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…