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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]סֶכֶר No, not damn. Dam – that thing that stops water from flowing. In Hebrew it’s a סכר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose three letter root ס.כ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /] is almost identical to that of lockdown (the idea of stopping activity) – סגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /], whose root is ס.ג.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סכר-#.m4a” /]. The roots are so close that…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/צודק-#.m4a” /]אַתָּה צוֹדֵק, אַתְּ צוֹדֶקֶת You may know the Hebrew word צדק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/צודק-#.m4a” /] – justice or righteousness. Using the three-letter root that forms צדק, we get אתה צודק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/צודק-#.m4a” /] – you’re right when speaking to a male, and את צודקת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/צודק-#.m4a” /] – you’re right when speaking to a female (note that right appears at the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]אוֹרֶךְ וְרוֹחַב The Hebrew word for long is ארוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while wide is רחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]החדר הזה ארוך אבל לא מספיק רחב. This room is long but not wide enough. Length is אורך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /], while width is רוחב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/אורך-רוחב-#.m4a” /]מה אורך החדר? מה רחבו?…
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/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]דְּמוּת פִיקְטִיבִית The literal meaning of דמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is image, but in Modern Hebrew the word has come to mean a character as well, so that דמות פיקטיבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /] is a fictional character. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/דמות-פיקטיבית-#.m4a” /]רובין הוד הוא דמות פיקטיבית. Robin Hood is a fictional character. דמות comes from the root ד.מ.ה[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְהַפֵּךְ The Hebrew word for opposite is הפך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]האם כחול הוא ההפך של אדום? Is blue the opposite of red? הפך also provides a three-letter root, so that to turn over (to the opposite side) is the התפעל verb להתהפך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/להתהפך-#.m4a” /]בגיל ארבעה חודשים היא…