how to say “refusal of orders” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-1.m4a” /]סֵרוּב פְּקֻדָּה
A form of insubordination that can threaten the disciplinary system of an army, refusal of orders in Hebrew is סירוב פקודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-1.m4a” /] – literally, refusal of an order. During the Disengagement from Gaza in 2005, this was a major issue in Israeli society.
סירוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-2.m4a” /] is the noun form of the active-intensive לסרב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-3.m4a” /] – to refuse, so that to refuse an order is לסרב פקודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-4.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/סירוב-פקודה-5.m4a” /]אמרו לו לסרב פקודה.
He was told (they told him) to refuse an order.
