Lambdin Hebrew-Lessons 20 and 21

חוּץ

outside

[Do Jews go outside their homes to sleep in huts during Succoth?]

חַ֫יִל

strength; army; wealth

[Kal-El has great strength due to the properties of a yellow sun.]

מִסְפָּר

number; quantity; enumeration (from ספר)

[“Miss Paar,” the student asked. “What page number are we on?”]

מֶרְכָּבָה

chariot

[Merkabah mysticism has roots in the biblical visions of a divine chariot.]

סוּס

horse

[Her father called out, “Sus, don’t get too close to that horse.”]

פָּרָשׁ

horseman; rider

[If you are a horse rider, you might get a sore butt called pair rash: both cheeks get rubbed raw.]

צָבָא

army; host

[“Save a bit of that ammunition. A whole army is coming over that hill.”]

רוּחַ

breath; wind; spirit

צוּר

rock; cliff

[“Sir, are you sure you want to ride so close to the edge of Big Sur? That’s a dangerous cliff!”]

קָהָל

assembly; congregation

[“Where is the assembly?” “I think it is down on K Hall.”]

קִיר

wall

[“What do you want me to do with this picture?” “Tack ‘er on the wall.”]

חָדָשׁ

new

[My new recipe is called succodash. It’s succotash but made with Mrs. Dash seasonings.]

חָזָק

strong; firm; hard

[At the family reunion, you don’t want to get in a tussle with Cuz Zach. He’s as strong as an ox and hits as hard as a mule.]

רָכַב

to ride

[If you ride a roc, after you’ll feel like you were hit with a rock.]

פֶּה

mouth

[A good practice for your mouth is to pronounce the labial, peh, peh.]

יָד

hand

[The Boston father yelled to his friend, “Pa’ck your ca’ and give me a hand with this ya’d.”]

דָּם

blood

[A blood clot can act like a dam in your artery.]

כָּבוֹד

glory; honor

[Sing a calf ode to the glory of the sacrifice.]

מִנְחָה

offering

[The hostess was presenting us with an offering of lemon-caramel.]

כָּבֵד

to be heavy, important; serious, weighty

[Appalachian musicians had a concert for the serious problem of cow births called “Calf-Aid.”]

מָלֵא

to be full, filled, fulfilled

[The teens were filled with malaise.]

מֵת

to die (Qal Perf from מות); dead (adj)

[Some insects die after they mate; some are eaten by their mate.]

בּשׁ

to be ashamed (Qal Perf from בושׁ)

[The cowboy was made ashamed by being fooled by an ambush.]

שָׁמַר

to guard; to watch; to keep

[People watch other people and guard against their unethical behavior; they’re a shamer.]

עָבַד

to serve; to work

[We’ve all had a bad job. I worked as a credit card approval agent and had never had a credit card.]

חָרָה

to be/become angry

[Never drive a car after an argument when you became angry.]

רָעָה

to tend; to shepherd; to graze

[Laura Ah tended her sheep.]

קַ֫יִן

Cain

הֶבֶל

Abel

חַוָּה

Eve