how to say “(specific) time” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

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

You may be familiar with the word מועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-1.m4a” /] from Biblical terms such as אהל מועד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-2.m4a” /] – the tent of meeting. The word itself employs the root י.ע.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-3.m4a” /] meaning goal or target, so that מועד means an appointed or specific time.

A couple of Modern-Hebrew examples:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-4.m4a” /]אפשר לדחות את מועד התשלום?

Is it possible to push off the payment date (a specific time)?

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מועד-5.m4a” /]ניתן לבטל שלושים יום לפני מועד ההגעה לאתר.

It is possible to cancel thirty days before arrival at the site.

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