how to say “I’m starving” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /]אֲנִי גּוֹוֵעַ בְּרָעָב

To starve, in Hebrew, is לגווע ברעב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /] – literally, to die in hunger.

In the West this is hardly meant literally – most people complain that they’re starving when they’ve eaten more than a few hours ago, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /]מתי אוכלים? אנחנו גוועים ברעב!

When do we eat? We’re starving!

לגווע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /] is a simple verb of the root ג.ו.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /].

רעב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/גווע-ברעב-#.m4a” /] means hunger.

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