how to say “buzzer” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]זַמְזַם

The English word for buzzer is called that because of the sound it makes – bzzzzz.

Same with Hebrew – זמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]לחצתי על הזמזם חצי שעה, אבל הם לא פתחו את הדלת!

I pressed the buzzer for half an hour, but they didn’t open the door!

This root ז.מ.ז.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /] also gives us the פיעל verb לזמזם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /] – to hum.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/זמזם-#.m4a” /]גוגל יכול לזהות את השיר שאתה מזמזם.

Google can identify the song you’re humming.

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