[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/מוקש-#.m4a” /]מוֹקֵשׁ If you’ve been hiking before in the Golan Heights, you may have seen a sign like the one pictured here: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/מוקש-#.m4a” /]מוקשים – ה(י)זהר! Mines – take caution! The word מוקש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/מוקש-#.m4a” /] first appears in the Bible, where it refers to a snare – something meant to sabotage someone along their…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]זְהִירוּת! Hebrew’s SOS, unisex word for be careful! is !זהירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]זהירות! לא להיכנס לשם! Be careful! Don’t go in there! The other way of saying be careful is to use a form of the נפעל verb להיזהר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /] – to be careful. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/זהירות-#.m4a” /]תיזהר, דוד, יש…
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/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]הוּא לָקַח אֶת זֶה קָשֶׁה The Hebrew word for hard or difficult is קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /]קשה להבין אותו כשהוא מדבר. It’s hard to understand him when he speaks. To express that someone took news with difficulty or not well, Israelis say לקחת את זה קשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/לקחת-קשה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to take it…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְפַּטֵּר The root פ.ט.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /] has to do with separation and setting free. Thus the reflexive התפעל verb להתפטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /] means to quit a job or to resign. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/להתפטר-#.m4a” /]היא התפטרה והלכה לעבוד בחברה אחרת. She quit and went to work at another company. That’s quitting when it comes to…