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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/מכונה-#.m4a” /]מְכוֹנָה Machines didn’t exist in Biblical times – at least not enough of a variety of them to be lumped into a category and given a name.  The word מכונה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מכונה-#.m4a” /] (which today means machine) did exist, but it referred to the base of permanent structure. So when it came time for the makers…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]מְסִירוּת, הַקְדָּשָׁה How do you say dedication in Hebrew? Depends on what kind. Dedication in the sense of dedicating oneself to a cause is מסירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]. It comes from the root מ.ס.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] meaning to give over, and is related to the התפעל verb להתמסר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] – to devote oneself. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/אולפן-#.m4a” /]אוּלְפָּן English speakers wanting to learn Hebrew know the word אולפן to mean Hebrew-language school. But it also means studio, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/אולפן-#.m4a” /]ברוכים הבאים לשידור היומי – כאן באולפן היום אנחנו מארחים את… Welcome to the daily broadcast – here in the studio today we’re hosting…  What’s the connection between a Hebrew school…