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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כלי-בית-#.m4a” /]כְּלֵי בֵּית The word כלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כלי-בית-#.m4a” /] means tool or vessel, something we use to accomplish a task. כלִי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כלי-בית-#.m4a” /] is a musical instrument, a tool (well, instrument) we use to play music. Multiple such instruments are כלֵי נגינה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/כלי-בית-#.m4a” /]. Housewares – those small “tools” we use in the household, such as tableware and…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /]תְּפִיסָה Perception is a very abstract concept. But like most abstract concepts, the Hebrew word for it – תפיסה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /] – is based on something very physical, down-to-earth: לתפוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/תפיסה-#.m4a” /] – to grab or to hold. When we perceive something, we grab reality and hold it in our mind a certain way. Likewise, one of the…
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/2021/08/קוסם-#.m4a” /]קוֹסֵם The Hebrew word for magic (or sorcery) is קסם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/קוסם-#.m4a” /], so it’s no surprise that קוסם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/קוסם-#.m4a” /] is a male magician, and קוסמת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/קוסם-#.m4a” /] is a female. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/קוסם-#.m4a” /]איך אספיק את כל זה? נראה לך שאני קוסם? How will I manage to do all this? You think…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]מִתְלַמֵּד To learn or to study, in Hebrew, is the simple פעל verb ללמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]. To teach is the intensive פיעל verb ללמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /]. Then there’s להתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /], a reflexive התפעל verb. It means literally to teach oneself, though its more common forms are מתלמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/מתלמד-#.m4a” /] – trainee (for a male)…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לחיים-#.m4a” /]לְחָיַיִם You may have looked at the word in the title and thought, isn’t that the Hebrew word for “cheers”? When the words לחיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לחיים-#.m4a” /] – cheeks, and לחיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לחיים-#.m4a” /] – to life!, are unvocalized, they look identical, and can only be told apart from context. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/לחיים-#.m4a” /]לכולם יש…