Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/משה-#.m4a” /]מֹשֶׁה The name of the great prophet Moses, in Hebrew, is משה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/משה-#.m4a” /]. It’s also the name of my father, who taught me the Hebrew language. The Torah speaks about Moses’ name: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/משה-#.m4a” /]וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ מֹשֶׁה וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי מִן הַמַּיִם מְשִׁיתִהוּ. (שמות ב’, י’) And she (Pharaoh’s daughter) called his name…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /]מִסְכֵּן In Biblical Hebrew, מסכן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /] refers to someone unable to support themselves financially, but over time the word came to refer to anyone in a position arousing compassion or pity – a poor thing. Here’s an example in the feminine: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/מסכן-#.m4a” /]היא נפלה מהמגלשה וקיבלה מכה, מסכנה. She fell off 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/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /]חֵץ The Hebrew word for arrow is חץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /], while its plural is חצים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /]. In the past few centuries the word for arrow in most languages has fallen out of conventional use, but it sometimes gets invoked as the name for a superhero… or a missile-defense system. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /]מערכת…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]לְצַלְחֵת The Hebrew word for plate is צלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /]שמתי יותר מדי אוכל על הצלחת. I put too much food on my (the) plate. In restaurants, plate becomes a verb: to plate is to arrange the various elements of a dish on the plate. In Hebrew, this is לצלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/לצלחת-#.m4a” /],…