how to say “horror” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]אֵימָה
אימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] means horror, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]נאווה, את אוהבת סרטי אימה?
Nava, do you like horror movies?
אימה comes from the root א.י.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]. This root also brings us the פיעל verb לאיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] – to threaten, as well as the expression נורא ואיום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] – terrible, or literally, terrible and horrible (also איום ונורא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] of the same meaning).