[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְנַצֵּל The Hebrew word for to apologize is the התפעל verb להתנצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/להתנצל-#.m4a” /]. The word first appears in Biblical Hebrew in the context of removing jewelry in an act of shame and submission. This very physical act was down in the presence of someone else, so the word is followed with a form…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]לְפָנֶיךָ The Hebrew word for before – in the physical sense of being before someone in line as well as on a timeline of before and after – is לפני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/לפניך-#.m4a” /]לומדים לזחול לפני שלומדים ללכת. (We) learn to crawl before (we) learn to walk. To say before you in Hebrew, we add…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/סליחה-#.m4a” /]סְלִיחָה If you’ve taken our Level 1 course, the first Hebrew word you learned was that for excuse me – סליחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/סליחה-#.m4a” /]. סליחה means literally forgiveness. The simple verb לסלוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/סליחה-#.m4a” /] means to forgive, so that to forgive and forget is לסלוח ולשכוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/סליחה-#.m4a” /]. Here’s סליחה in context: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/סליחה-#.m4a” /]אני רוצה לבקש…
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…