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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-1.m4a” /]אִיּוּם To threaten is לאיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-2.m4a” /], an active-intensive verb. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-3.m4a” /]החיזבאללה מאיימת ל… The Hizbollah is threatening to… Likewise, a threat is איום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-4.m4a” /]ישראל נמצאת תחת איום קיומי תמידי. Israel is under constant existential threat. What about feeling threatened? That’s להרגיש מאויים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/איום-5.m4a” /], where…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-1.m4a” /]מִינִים בְּסַכָּנַת הַכְחָדָה Yesterday we saw the scientific word for species – מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-2.m4a” /]. What about a species that is endangered? That’s מין בסכנת הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-3.m4a” /], literally, species in danger of extinction. Broken down: בסכנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-4.m4a” /] – in danger of הכחדה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-5.m4a” /] – extinction For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מינים-בסכנת-הכחדה-6.m4a” /]היא סיימה…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-1.m4a” /]מִין The Hebrew word מין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-1.m4a” /] has three meanings (no pun intended): gender, sex and species. In order to avoid misleading people into thinking that there is only one sex of crocodile, some speakers might use the word זן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-2.m4a” /] to mean species and say: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מין-3.m4a” /]זה לא קרוקודיל, זה זן אחר. This is not a crocodile,…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורי-1.m4a” /]מְקוֹרִי Last week we saw the Hebrew word for research – מחקר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורי-2.m4a” /], used in the example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורי-3.m4a” /]זה מחקר מקורי. This is original research. מקורי means original. It derives from the word מקור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מקורי-4.m4a” /] meaning source (note that though they have the same spelling מקור meaning source has no connection to מקור meaning beak): something original is from…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test   Blast from the Past Crossword Puzzle! [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-1.m4a” /]מֶחְקָר In the protocol for investigating the case of the idolatrous city, the Torah writes: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-2.m4a” /]וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְחָקַרְתָּ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ הֵיטֵב… (דברים י”ג, ט”ו) And you shall inquire, investigate and probe thoroughly… (Deuteronomy 13:15) Yesterday we saw that לדרוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-3.m4a” /] (the infinitive form of ודרשת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מחקר-4.m4a” /]) means to seek out – in this…