how to say “temple” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /]מִקְדָּשׁ

The Holy Temple in Jerusalem was called בית המקדש[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] – the House of the Temple.

But how do we refer to temples of other religions? מקדשים[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] – or when referring to a single temple, מקדש[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /]הם ביקרו במעל מאה מקדשים בתאילנד.

They visited over a hundred temples in Thailand.

מקדש comes from the root ק.ד.ש[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] meaning holy.

Now, these are temples of religions that don’t have a special word for their place of worship that is widely known among westerners. But a synagogue is בית כנסת[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /], a church is כנסייה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] and a mosque is מסגד[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/מקדש-#.m4a” /] (more on these in today’s video).

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