Lambdin Hebrew-Lessons 16 and 17

אֶ֫בֶן

stone

[If the ground has stones, it’s not likely to be an even surface.]

דַּג

fish

[My dad said, “Quiet, dag-gum-it. You’re scaring all the fish.”]

חֲצִי

half

[Cassy was a half-full sort of person.]

יָם

sea

לוּחַ

tablet

[I don’t need a tablet for a head-ache,” said Lou’s wife. “I have a Lou-ache.”

מְלָאכָה

occupation; work

[My lock of a job was to dump cans into a box continuously until something jammed or a rotten can of beans burst.]

עוֹף

birds (collective)

[“What an oaf! His ideas are for the birds!”]

עֵ֫שֶׂב

foliage; green plants

[Before you eat foliage, you should rinse it in a sieve.]

צֶ֫לֶם

image; likeness

[Some people create knock-off brands and sell ‘em as legitimate rather than a likeness of the real.]

שָׁבַר

to break; to smash

[The father called his car a Chev-Air until he smashed it into the garage.]

[If you keep being a shover, I’m going to break your arm.]

שָׁמַע

to hear; to listen to (with לְ or אֶל); to obey ( with בְּקוֹל or לְקוֹל)

שָׁבַת

to cease; to rest

[People can rest on the weekend when they can cease having to shove at people on the sidewalk.]

לָ֫מָּה

why?

[“Why did Mary have a little lamb, Ma?”]

רָקִיעָ

firmament

[Above the rocky surface of earth was the firmament.]

יַבָּשָׁה

dry ground

[Noah yelled, “Yabba dabba doo,” when he saw dry ground after over a month on a zoo boat.

אָב

father

אָח

brother

אַחִים

brothers

בֵּן

son

בָּנִים

sons

מַלכָּה

queen

שֵׁם

name

[The name of Cersei Lannister was besmirched the day the crowds yelled, “Shame, shame!”]

רִאשׁוֹן

first

[My first reason is …]

שֵׁנִי

second

[The second violinist was Shane E. First chair was Emily Z.]

שְׁלִישִׁי

third

[“Shelley, she was third in the race.”]

רְבִיעִי

fourth

[Rev. E. E. is the fourth pastor of Fourth Baptist Church.]

חֲמִישִׁי

fifth

[I wash my car with a chamois on the fifth day of each month.]

עַל־פְּנֵי

on the surface of; up against

כֵּן

thus, so

[And thus did Cain kill his brother Abel.]