how to say “Christian” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /]נוֹצְרִי
The Hebrew word for Christianity is נצרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /], and a Christian is נוצרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] if he’s male or נוצריה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] if she’s female.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /]הנוצרים בישראל מהווים כ-2% מהאוכלוסייה.
(The) Christians in Israel make up about 2% of the population.
The words נצרות and נוצרי come from the name of Jesus’s hometown, נצרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] – Nazareth. Whether the name נצרת is related to the Hebrew word לנצור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/נוצרי-#.m4a” /] – a fancy word for to keep – is unclear.
