[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/הרגת-אותי-#.m4a” /]הָרַגְתָּ אוֹתִי! Suppose someone’s got you laughing for a few minutes straight. Then they crack another joke that pushes you over the edge, to the point where you’re laughing so hard you can barely breathe. You might say to them, you’re killing me! Hebrew renders this expression in the past tense: הרגתָ אותי[audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]מַה יֵלֵד יוֹם This expression comes straight from the Bible: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /]אַל-תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר; כִּי לֹא-תֵדַע מַה-יֵּלֶד יוֹם. (משלי כ”ז, א’) Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) מה ילד יום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מה-ילד-יום-#.m4a” /] means literally, what tomorrow will give birth to. Here’s an…
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/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְאַהֵב The Hebrew word for love is אהבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /], while to love is the simple verb לאהוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]הם אוהבים אחד את השני. They love each other. To fall in love is the reflexive התפעל verb להתאהב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/להתאהב-#.m4a” /]. Literally it’s something like to become in love. For example: [audioclip…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /]מַנְחֶה If you were living in Israel during the days of the lockdowns, you certainly heard the word הנחיות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – guidelines. הנחיות comes from the הפעיל verb להנחות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a” /] – to guide, but also to facilitate or to moderate something like a discussion or a game. The person who facilitates or moderates is a מנחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/מנחה-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /]קוֹד קִידָּה Just like Eskimos have about 70 words for snow, Biblical Hebrew has several words for bowing – back then, it was something people did all the time, in many different forms. A type of bowing that doesn’t involve stretching oneself out on the ground is קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /], from the simple verb לקוד[audioclip…