how to say “bathtub” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]אַמְבַּטְיָה

While the Hebrew word for a shower is מקלחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] and for a sink is כיור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – proper Semitic words – bathtub is אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /], which comes from ancient Greek.

To take a bath is לעשות אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /] – literally, to do a bathtub.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /]עשית אבמטיה? טוב, לך לישון.

Did you (a boy) take a bath? Good, go to sleep.

A bathroom with an actual bath in it is חדר אמבטיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /], while a restroom or “the facilities” is שירותים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/אמבטיה-#.m4a” /].

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