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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /]רְפוּאָה מוֹנַעַת While תרופה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /] is the medicine one takes in pill or liquid form (or otherwise), רפואה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /] refers to medicine in the general sense, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /]היא לומדת רפואה באוניברסיטה העברית. She is studying medicine at the Hebrew University. So what’s preventative medicine? רפואה מונעת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/רפואה-מונעת-#.m4a” /], as…

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/2021/05/ראש-על-הכתפיים-#.m4a” /]רֹאשׁ עַל הַכְּתֵפַיִים In English, we might refer to an intelligent person as having a head on their shoulders. In Hebrew we do the same, except that we don’t use the word their (or her, his, etc. for that matter): ראש על הכפתיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ראש-על-הכתפיים-#.m4a” /] means literally, head on the shoulders. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ראש-על-הכתפיים-#.m4a” /]יש לו…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /]הַאֲרָכָה The English word extension has several meanings, but we’ll focus on only one of them today – extension in the sense of making something longer. The word for that is הארכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] of the root א.ר.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] meaning length (you may know the related word ארוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a” /] – long). For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/הארכה-#.m4a”…