[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /]אַל תִּתְבַּיֵּישׁ בושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] is the Hebrew word for shame, of the root ב.ו.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /]. So it makes sense that the התפעל verb להתבייש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] means to be embarrassed or to be shy. This word finds expression most commonly in the Israeli invitation of hospitality: אל תתבייש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אל-תתבייש-#.m4a” /] – don’t be…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-1-3.m4a” /]עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת While the Hebrew word ארץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-2-3.m4a” /] – probably related to the English earth – means country, land and, well earth, the word אדמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-3-3.m4a” /] means ground. אדמה is the more humble, (ironically) down-to-earth word, of the same root as אדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/עלי-אדמות-4-3.m4a” /] – Adam or man, he who comes from the ground…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-#.m4a” /]נֶפֶשׁ, רוּחַ, נְשָׁמָה Jewish mystical tradition has three words for that non-physical side of man: נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-#.m4a” /] – soul, רוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-#.m4a” /] – literally, wind and נשמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-#.m4a” /] – spirit (Kabbalah expands on these terms). Today, Israelis tend to use נשמה to refer to someone’s divine spirit: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/נפש-#.m4a” /]יש לו נשמה טובה. He has…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְעָרֵב The Hebrew root ע.ר.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] means mixing, so that לערבב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] – a פיעל use of the root, doubling the ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /] at the end – is to mix something. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a” /]צריך לערבב את כל הרכיבים ביחד. You have to mix all the ingredients together. להתערב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/להתערב-#.m4a”…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]מַחְסָן The Hebrew word מחסן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /] refers to a storage unit, typically a shed or shack. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /]הוצאתם מהמחסן את כל מה שצריך בשביל הסוכה? Have you guys taken everything we need for the Sukkah out of the storage shed? מחסן comes from the Biblical-Hebrew root ח.ס.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/מחסן-#.m4a” /],…
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. Can’t read Hebrew yet? Click…