how to say “saturated fat” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]שׁוּמָן רָווּי

The word for fat (the noun) is שומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]בשווארמה יש הרבה שומן.

There’s a lot of fat in shawarma.

Saturated fat is שומן רווי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /]בישראל שמים מדבקה מיוחדת על מוצרים עם הרבה שומן רווי.

In Israel (they) put a special sticker on products with a lot of saturated fat.

You may recognize רווי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /] from the biblical phrase כוסי רוויה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/שומן-רווי-#.m4a” /] – my cup runneth over (Psalms 23:5).

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