[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]קֶשֶׁת The word for rainbow is קשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/קשת-#.m4a” /]הם לבושים בבגדים מכל צבעי הקשת. They’re dressed in clothing of all the colors of the rainbow. Though at the first place the word קשת appears in the Bible it means rainbow, the word probably first meant simply bow, the type that people use…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]מֶזֶג אֲוִויר סְתָוִוי The Hebrew word for autumn or fall is סתיו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /], so autumnal or fall-like is סתווי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /]מזג האוויר השתנה ומתחיל להיות סתווי. The weather has changed and it’s starting to be fall-like. As for the other seasons, here’s a glossary: חורף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a” /] – winter; חורפי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/סתווי-#.m4a”…
[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…