how to say “billboard” in Hebrew

If you’ll be in Jerusalem in August, don’t miss חוצות היוצר

– the Artist’s Colony fair, where you’ll find artwork from around the world as well as concerts by some of Israel’s rock stars.

חוצות

isn’t exactly a colony – the word refers to the outdoors in a poetic sense (בחוץ

is outdoors or outside in the everyday sense). And היוצר

means the creator in the artistic sense (not in the exclusively divine sense – that’s הבורא

).

The word for sign is שלט

, so שלט חוצות

is a sign in the outdoors – or a billboard.

For example:

יש שלטי חוצות ענקיים תלויים לאורך נתיבי האיילון.

There are gigantic billboards posted along the Ayalon Highway.