[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]שְׂמִיכָה The Hebrew word for blanket is שמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /]כל כך קר – בא לי להיות מתחת לשמיכה. It’s so cold – I feel like being under my (the) blanket. Note that שמיכה sounds the same as סמיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שמיכה-#.m4a” /] meaning rabbinical ordination, which itself comes from the root…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אַזְכָּרָה If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you probably know the simple verb לזכור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /] – to remember, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]אני זוכר אותה! I (a male) remember her! Then there’s the הפעיל verb from the same root, to remind – להזכיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אזכרה-#.m4a” /]לא צריך להזכיר לה…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /]אֶצְלִי At my house in Hebrew is literally בבית שלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /], but when Israelis want to say, “she’s at my house”, they’re more likely to use a different expression: היא אצלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /]. אצלי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a” /] means at my house, at my place, and even on my person. It takes the word אצל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/אצלי-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]לִקְרוֹא תִּיגָּר The basic word for to oppose, in Hebrew, is the הפעיל verb להתנגד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /]הם מתנגדים למה שאנחנו עושים. They oppose what we’re doing. But a stronger way of expressing opposition – usually opposition to an idea – is לקרוא תיגר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/לקרוא-תיגר-#.m4a” /] – to call…
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…