[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]סִיכָּה The word for pin – something sharp you might use to pin two things together – is סיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /]נפצעתי מסיכת ביטחון! I got hurt from a safety pin! The root of סיכה is ס.כ.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /], the same as that of סוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/סיכה-#.m4a” /] – Sukkah….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /]הַקָּדוֹשׁ בְּיוֹתֵר, הֲכִי קָדוֹשׁ The Hebrew word for holy is קדוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically masculine, and קדושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /] for something grammatically feminine. For example, you may have heard this in synagogue: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/הכי-קדוש-#.m4a” /]אמת תורתנו הקדושה! True is our holy Torah! To say that something is the holiest or the most holy, you’ve…
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/2020/09/לאחד-כוחות-#.m4a” /]לְאַחֵד כּוֹחוֹת A word of great religious and mystical weight in Judaism, אחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לאחד-כוחות-#.m4a” /] means one. It also serves as the root of words such as אחדות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לאחד-כוחות-#.m4a” /] – unity, אחיד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לאחד-כוחות-#.m4a” /] – uniform (in the adjectival sense) and the פיעל verb לאחד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/לאחד-כוחות-#.m4a” /] – or to join together as one. And…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פּוֹרִיּוּת The word for fertility in Hebrew is פוריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /], which comes from the blessing in Genesis of God to humanity: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ (בראשית א’, כ”ח) Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land (Genesis 1:28) The root of פוריות is root פ.ר.י/פ.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] – fruit. You…