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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַפֵּק להתאפק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /] (a התפעל verb) is to resist in the sense of abstaining from acting on an impulse. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /]הילד לא הצליח להתאפק ואכל את שאר העוגה. The boy couldn’t (didn’t succeed to) resist and ate the rest of the cake. Likewise, restraint is איפוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/להתאפק-#.m4a” /], as…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]הֲפִיכָה While מהפכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a full-on revolution, הפיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /] is a coup or a forced replacement of the government. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/הפיכה-#.m4a” /]לפני עשרים ואחת שנה היה ניסיון להפיכה ברוסיה הסובייטית. Twenty one years ago there was an attempt at a coup in Soviet Russia. Both מהפכה and הפיכה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]דָּחוּף While חשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means important, דחוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] means urgent. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /]תחזור אלי מתי שתוכל – זה לא דחוף. Get back to me when you can – it isn’t urgent. דחוף comes from the root ד.ח.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/דחוף-#.m4a” /] meaning pushing – something urgent gets “pushed” to the top…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]מָנָה עִיקָּרִית The Hebrew word for course (of a meal) or portion is מנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], as appears in the Book of Esther in the form of מנותיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] – her (food) portions. Thus a first course is מנה ראשונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /], dessert or a last course is מנה אחרונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /] (also קינוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/מנה-עיקרית-#.m4a” /]), and a…

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/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]קֶרֶן My sister’s name is Karen, which in Hebrew is קרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /]. The word itself refers to a beam such as קרן אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/קרן-#.m4a” /] – a beam of light, but originally to the horn of an animal. Since the horn of an animal is strong and sturdy, post-biblical Hebrew expanded the…