[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]עוֹבֵר מָסָךְ The Hebrew word for photogenic is – wait for it – פוטוגני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]. A more authentically-Hebrew expression is עובר מסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /], meaning that a person looks good on camera. It means literally passes (the) screen. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/עובר-מסך-#.m4a” /]איך אני נראה לקראת הראיון? עובר מסך? How do I look for…
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/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]מַדְרִיךְ צְלִילָה The Hebrew word for to dive is לצלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /], a simple verb of the root צ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]. The word can be used both literally and metaphorically, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /]בואו נצלול לתוך החומר הלימודי. Let’s dive into the study material. If לצלול is to dive, then צלילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/מדריך-צלילה-#.m4a” /] is diving….
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]סְנַפִּירִים You may recognize the word סנפיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /] – fin – if you’re familiar with the biblical passages about animals that Jews eat and don’t eat: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/סנפירים-#.m4a” /]אֶת זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת… (ויקרא י”א, ט’) This you shall eat from all that are in the water:…