[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הַנִּילוּס While in the Bible this great Egyptian and African river is called יאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] (probably from Ancient Egyptian), today’s Children of Israel use the Greek name, Νεῖλος – נילוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] – in English, Nile. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הנילוס והאמזונס הם הנהרות הארוכים ביותר בעולם. The Nile and the Amazon…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /]כּוֹלֵל, לְרַבּוֹת Hebrew has two words for including, one for everyday speech and the other for more formal, often legalistic situations. כולל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] is the common one. It’s a form of the simple verb לכלול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] – to include, and is related to the word הכול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/כולל-#.m4a” /] – everything. For example:…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/דודים-#.m4a” /]דּוֹדוֹת וְדוֹדִים An uncle in Hebrew is דוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/דודים-#.m4a” /], while an aunt is דודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/דודים-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/דודים-#.m4a” /]יש לי שלוש דודות. I have three aunts. The words originally meant beloved one, which is also the meaning behind the name דויד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/דודים-#.m4a” /] (also spelled דוד) – David.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/חבל-הצלה-#.m4a” /]חֶבֶל הַצָּלָה Before lifeline meant anything that provides crucial emergency help, physical or figurative, it referred to a rope that one would throw towards someone drowning or falling, to help them up. Thus in Hebrew a lifeline is חבל הצלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/חבל-הצלה-#.m4a” /] – literally, a rescue rope. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/חבל-הצלה-#.m4a” /]המורה, זרוק לי…
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…