Hebrew Lesson 008
Hebrew Lesson 008
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Lesson 8 – Passover Seder
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Going back to our dialog, Noa answered that this year Noa and her
family are at Dahlia’s place. Now we already know the word for
year
שנה
Shà-nà
שנה
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This sentence needs some explaining because you used the verb
to be in the future. The verb to be, להיות, is not used in the present
at all. So let’s some variations. To say “it was wonderful”, we would Passover פסח
say. Pé-sàh
!זה היה נהדר
Zé hà-yà né-hé-dàr! Passover begins on the 15th day of the
!זה היה נהדר Jewish month of Nisan and is celebrated
for 8 days. It commemorates the liberation
To say it in the present “it is wonderful”, we omit the verb altogether of the Israelites from slavery, and the
exodus from ancient Egypt.
!זה נהדר
Zé né-hé-dàr! The highlight of the holiday is the Seder, a
!זה נהדר ritual meal on the first night. The
Haggadah is read, which tells the story of
Finally, in the future, “it will be wonderful”, or “it’s going to be the exodus from Egypt through prayers,
wonderful”, we say songs and stories.
!זה יהיה נהדר
Zé yi-hi-yé né-hé-dàr!
!זה יהיה נהדר
The Seder צלחת הסדר
At the beginning of our lesson, we had another example of the verb Plate
to be in the future. I asked “Where will you be?”
Tsà-là-hàt hà-sé-dér
איפה אתם תהיו
Éy-fo à-tém ti-hi-yoo
איפה אתם תהיו
תהיו, that’s the verb to be in the future in the third-person plural.
Before we finish, let’s learn how to greet each other a happy
holiday. !חג שמח נועה
!חג שמח
And with that we come to the end of our lesson. Before we repeat
the dialog, I’d like to remind our listeners to download the lesson
guide. It provides further explanations. You can download it off our
web site at http://hebrewpodcasts.com.
Let’s listen to the entire dialog again. We’ll pause after each line for
you to repeat it out loud.
Fresh greens - A symbol of springtime
Say Noa, ,תגידי נועה and rebirth.
Tà-gi-di no-à,
Roasted hard-boiled egg - a reminder of
where will you be איפה אתם תהיו
ancient festival offerings in Jerusalem.
éy-fo à-tém ti-hi-yoo
on the Passover Seder night? ?בליל הסדר Roasted lamb shank - representing the
bé-léyl hà-sé-dér? lamb sacrificed at the first Passover.
This year we are השנה אנחנו Haroset – Symbol for the mortar used by
Hà-shà-nà à-nàh-noo Jewish slaves to build the Egyptian
at my sister Dahlia’s place. .אצל אחותי דליה temples.
é-tsél à-ho-ti dàl-yà. Horseradish – A reminder of the
Do you read the Haggadah? ?אתם קוראים את ההגדה bitterness of slavery.
À-tém kor-im ét hà-hà-gà-dà?
Bitter herbs – A reminder of the
Yes, sure. . בטח,כן bitterness of slavery (usually lettuce).
Kén, bé-tàh.
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Transcription
We’ll use transcription in our lesson guides to help you read new Hebrew words. You should read the transcription as if it was English.
We’ll use hyphens to help the pronunciation. We’ll use é and à to better approximate the Hebrew sounds. You should pronounce those as
you would in French. Are you familiar with the expression déjà vu, or the word résumé? If so, then you should pronounce these two
accents accordingly. Otherwise, pronounce é like the e in let and pronounce à like the a in bark or the u in up.
Finally we’ll use h (the letter h with an underscore) to denote the sound of the letter Het ( )חor the loose version of the letter Kaf ()כ. You
should refer to lesson 2 to hear this sound.
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Lesson 8 – Exercises
Match each sentence with its Hebrew translation. Then draw a line to connect them.
Select the correct form of the verb and write it in the space. Pay attention to gender and
plurality.
1. À-tém __________ sé-fér. . אתם ________ ספר.1
Kor-im א( קוראים
Ko-ré ב( קורא
Ko-rét ג( קוראת
2. Yo-ni __________ shi-rim shél pé-sàh. . יוני ________ שירים של פסח.2
Shà-rim א( שרים
Shàr ב( שר
Shà-rot ג( שרות
3. À-nàh-noo __________ bé-yà-hàd. . אנחנו ________ ביחד.3
Shà-rim א( שרים
Shàr ב( שר
Shà-rot ג( שרות
4. A-nàh-noo __________ mà-tsot. . אנחנו ________ מצות.4
Oh-lim א( אוכלים
O-hél ב( אוכל
O-hé-lét ג( אוכלת
5. No-à __________ mà-tsot. . נועה ________ מצות.5
Oh-lim א( אוכלים
O-hél ב( אוכל
O-hé-lét ג( אוכלת
For problems number 4 and 5, you may want to review what we learned in lesson 7.
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