how to say “to evacuate” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]לְפַנּוֹת
To clear something out of the way is the פיעל verb לפנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]פינינו את כל הרהיטים בסלון כדי לפתוח את השולחן הגדול.
We cleared out all the furniture in the living room in order to open the big table.
לפנות also means to evacuate:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/לפנות-#.m4a” /]הם נאלצו לפנות את הבית בגלל השריפה.
They were forced to evacuate their (the) house because of the fire.