how to say “the Nile” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הַנִּילוּס
While in the Bible this great Egyptian and African river is called יאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] (probably from Ancient Egyptian), today’s Children of Israel use the Greek name, Νεῖλος – נילוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] – in English, Nile.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /]הנילוס והאמזונס הם הנהרות הארוכים ביותר בעולם.
The Nile and the Amazon are the longest rivers in the world.
Today the biblical name יאור lives on in the name of its formidable inhabitant, סוס היאור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] – the hippopotamus. Likewise, the Nile perch fish is called נסיכת הנילוס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/הנילוס-#.m4a” /] – literally, Nile princess.
