Lambdin Hebrew-Lessons 18 and 19

אָדָם

human; humanity

אֲדָמָה

earth; ground; soil; landed property

בְּהֵמָה

beast; animal

[“That elephant is a behemoth of a beast.”]

רֶ֫מֶשׂ

swarm; creeping things

[Nightmares are like a REM mess when you dream about swarms of creepy crawlies.]

זָכָר

male

[Zach errs when he goes through the door with a symbol of a woman in a dress. Honest mistake. But he is a male.]

[A male, where I grew up in Michigan, should remember the Camaro is an IROC-Z car not a Z Car IROC.]

נְקֵבָה

female

[There’s beauty in the neck of a female. Don’t know why. Must be evolutionary.]

שַׁבָּת

Sabbath

שִׁשִּׁי

sixth

[My sixth dog was a Pomeranian named Shi-Shi. I would yell a half-dozen times a day, “Shush, Shi-Shi.”]

שְׁבִיעִי

seventh

[My seventh car was a Chevy E. An Equinox suv.]

אַחֵר

other; another

[“Would you, ah, care for another drink?” “No, I have other plans tonight.”]

יָצַר

to form; to fashion; make

[I made a model of the game Yahtzee to play on airplanes called Yahtz-Air.]

חַי

alive; living

חַיָּה

animal; living thing

[‘Kay, ya. That is my animal. She’s a Pomeranian.]

חַיִּים

life

נָחָשׁ

serpent

[The serpent in the Garden was smoking a big cigar, knocked ash from it, and said, “You like fruit?”]

עֵ֫זֶר

help; assistance

[I need Math help with my multiplication tables. I got an eights err on my test when I got 8 × 6 wrong.]

צֵלָע

side; rib

[The Italian man said to the butcher, “Sell ‘a me a side of ribs, please.”]

שִׁיר

song

[Did you know Queen had a song “Sheer Heart Attack?]

בָּשָׂר

flesh

[Flesh eating bacteria is bizarre.]

מָ֫וֶת

death

[“What do you say at the death of a women when someone’s mother drowns?” “Ma wet". “What does the person say at the death of his dog? Call my vet!”]

אָרוּר

accursed

[A roar came from the accursed demon.]

נֶחְמָד

pleasant

[Susan was a pleasant-looking neck model for Sears catalog.]

חָכָם

wise

שָׁר

to sing (Qal Perf from verbal root שׁיר)

[Ever you ever heard Cher sing The Rose of Sharon?”]

אֶתְמוֹל

yesterday

[“Ma, we et mole yesterday. Can’t we have something good like fried squirrel tails?”]

אַחַר; אַחֲרֵי

after; behind

[I’m late because I got behind an Acura on the way to a funeral. But I’ve never heard of an old lady driving herself to the cemetery!]