Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ The Hebrew word for brain is מוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]. Its plural is מוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /], which brings us the expression סיעור מוחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /] – brainstorming (storming of brains). To rinse or to wash is לשטוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /], so to brainwash or to rinse a brain is לשטוף מוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/שטיפת-מוח-#.m4a” /]שטפו…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]לְהַתְמִיד להתמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] means to be persistent or to do something regularly.  For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /]היא מתמידה לבוא לחדר הכושר. She comes to the gym regularly. להתמיד is a הפעיל verb. Its root, ת.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /], comes from the word תמיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] – always. Its verbal noun – התמדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/להתמיד-#.m4a” /] –…

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/2021/03/לשפוך-#.m4a” /]לִשְׁפּוֹךְ, לְהִישָּׁפֵךְ The word לשפוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לשפוך-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb, is to spill something, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לשפוך-#.m4a” /]אוי, שפכתי את החלב על הרצפה! Oh no, I spilled the milk on the floor! But that’s when we actively spill something. The thing that gets spilled is נשפך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/לשפוך-#.m4a” /] (if it’s grammatically masculine), as in:…