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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/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /]שָׂפָם The word mustache came to English via French, but it likely originated in Medieval Greek where it meant something to the effect of the part of the body with which one chews. The Hebrew word is שפם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/שפם-#.m4a” /]פעם שפם היה באופנה, אבל היום זה זקן צרפתי. A mustache…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]זָקָן צָרְפָתִי In yesterday’s dose we saw that the Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]. The style that in English is named after a barnyard animal – a goatee – in Hebrew is זקן צרפתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /] – literally, a French beard. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-צרפתי-#.m4a” /]גילחתי את רוב הזקן ונשאר זקן צרפתי. I…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]זָקָן The Hebrew word for beard is זקן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /]יפה לך זקן! You look good with a beard! The letters in this word look identical to those of the word for elderly man – זקֵן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/זקן-ז-#.m4a” /], but the two are not related. What today is a single letter ז[audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]יָפֶה לְךָ You can say to a man in Hebrew, זה נראה טוב עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] – literally, this looks good on you. To a woman, switch עליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] with עלייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /]. But that’s a direct translation from English. A more culturally-authentic Hebrew expression is יפה לךָ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/יפה-לך-#.m4a” /] to a male…