Lambdin Hebrew-Lessons 14 and 15

כְּלִי

vessel

[He named the vessel Kelly and sailed on the weekends.]

כֵּלִים

vessels

עֶ֫רֶב

evening

[“I rev the car in the evening during the winter when I leave for my third shift job.”]

שֻׁלְחָן

table

[“When we go to the shul, can I sit at the table?”]

[Shul Khan sat at the table and planned the next conquest.]

בֹּ֫קֶר

morning

[“Have you met Bo Kerr?” “I met him this morning.”]

קָם (קום)

to rise

[“Cam rises at 6 every morning.” “Come on!”]

שָׂם (שׂים)

to put, to set

[Sam put the psalm in his pocket along with some chocolates while sitting by the River Somme.]

בָּא (בוא)

to enter

[“Ba,” said the sheep as it entered the pen.]

צָם (צום)

to fast

[While I was fasting, I did eat some crackers — but they were stale.]

גָּר (גור)

to sojourn

[Gareth backed the car out of the garage and drove away to sojourn across the country.]

שָׁתַה

to drink

[“Shut that refrigerator door!” “I’m getting something to drink!”]

עַד

up to, as far as, by, until

[“I can add up to ten on my fingers; as far as twenty if I have bare feet.”]

כֹּל

all, each, every

[My uncle was Johnny Cole. He played rock on Detroit radio all the time, each and every day.]

מִצְוָה

commandment

[In the midst, whatever you do, obey the commandments.]

אוֹר

light (noun)

[Walk in the light or stumble in the night.]

חֹ֫שֶׁךְ

darkness

[Kolchak stalked the night to find the alien presence in the darkness.]

אֹיֵב

enemy

[A Wave after a wave came the enemy. I waved good-bye on my retreat.]

סָבַב

to surround

[You have to surround the wound with the salve.]

אָרַר

to curse

[It’s a rare thing for my father to curse, and then it’s just “doggone it anyway.”]

[I cursed the bank (called it a “rear”) when I discovered my payment was in arrears.]

עָזַב

to abandon

[“I saved you! I didn’t abandon you.”]

עָבַר

to cross; to transgress

[“I aver I did not cross you.”]

יָרַשׁ

to inherit

[“Your rash is not something you inherited from me, son, but I may have given it to you,” said the scratching father.]

שָׁכַה

to forget

[I’d like to forget living in a shack. Uh, it was pretty bad.]

[“Don’t forget to shuck a bunch of corn for the corn roast by the pond.”]

כַּאֲשֶׁר

just as; as

[Just as I was leaving, the cashier gave me my change.]