תְּרֵיסַר English uses all sorts of measurements that baffle those used to the metric system – pounds (as opposed to the 1000-gram kilogram), inches (as opposed to one hundredth of a meter, the centimeter), and a dozen – twelve of something instead of ten. Now, while Hebrew does tend to count dozens of things as עשרות…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]יַהֲלוֹם The Hebrew word for diamond is יהלום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /]בורסת היהלומים הישראלית ממוקמת ברמת גן. The Israeli diamond exchange is located in Ramat Gan. Unlike in English, we don’t use the metaphor of a diamond in diamond-shaped – we say instead צורת ריבוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/יהלום-#.m4a” /] – square-shape.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /]תְּכֵלֶת כחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /] is the common word for blue, but Israelis often use תכלת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /] to refer to particularly graceful things like the sea and the sky. תכלת is azure – basically sky blue. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/תכלת-#.m4a” /]יש לה עיניים יפות, בצבע תכלת. She has beautiful eyes, of the color sky blue….
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/2022/01/המסך-הגדול-#.m4a” /]הַמָּסָךְ הַגָּדוֹל The Hebrew word for screen is also as old as the Bible. While back then it didn’t refer to the flat object you’re looking at right now, today מסך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/המסך-הגדול-#.m4a” /] appears on smart phones, tablets, TV’s… and the big screen at the movie theater – המסך הגדול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/המסך-הגדול-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…