how to say “around the table” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /]מִסָּבִיב לַשּׁוּלְחָן

שולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] is one of those words people tend to learn early in their Hebrew journey, as it’s an everyday object that westerners encounter every time they sit down.

Around the table is מסביב לשולחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] – literally, from around to the table.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /]בליל הסדר כולנו ישבנו ביחד מסביב לשולחן.

On the Seder night we all sat around the table together.

ס.ב.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] – the root of מסביב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] – you may recognize from the Hebrew word for dreidel – סביבון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /], as well as from the התפעל verb להסתובב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/מסביב-לשולחן-#.m4a” /] – to turn around.

Practice different forms of the verb להסתובב in today’s video.