How to say “sunrise” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

זְרִיחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-1.mp3″ /]

 

sunrise - זריחהThe Hebrew word for sunrise is זְרִיחָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-1.mp3″ /], which comes from the simple verb לִזְרוֹחַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-2.mp3″ /] meaning to shine or to rise when referring to the sun.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-3.mp3″ /]נִשְׁאַרְנוּ עֵרִים כָּל הַלַּיְלָה, עַד הַזְּרִיחָה.

We stayed awake all night, until sunrise.

You may recognize this word’s root – ז.ר.ח (z.r.kh) – from the word for east – מִזְרָח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-4.mp3″ /], because:

.הַשֶּׁמֶש זוֹרַחַת בַּמִּזְרָח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/זריחה-5.mp3″ /]

The sun rises in the east.

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