how to say “drums” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תופים-1.m4a” /]תֻּפִּים

drums - תופיםThe Hebrew word for a drum is תוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תופים-2.m4a” /], which rhymes with the word for beach or coast – חוף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תופים-3.m4a” /].

More than one drum? That’s תופים, as in the Biblical verse:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תופים-4.m4a” /]ותיקח מרים הנביאה, אחות אהרון, את התוף בידה, ותצאנה כל הנשים אחריה, בתופים ובמחולות. (שמות ט”ו)

And Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron, took the drum (then it was probably more of a tambourine) in her hand, and all the women went out with her, with tambourines and dancing. (Exodus 15)

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