how to say “to crack a code” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-1.m4a” /]לְפַצֵּחַ קוֹד
If you’ve spent Shabbat with Israelis, you may know the word פיצוחים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-2.m4a” /]. This colloquial term refers to sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and other edibles that require the cracking – פיצוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-3.m4a” /] of a shell – a low-fat chewing activity that Israelis love, especially on the weekend.
Likewise, לפצח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-4.m4a” /] is the active-intensive verb for to crack something. This word applies to nuts as well as to codes – קודים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-5.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-6.m4a” /]האקרים הצליחו לפצח את הקוד של התוכנה שלי!
Hackers managed to crack my program’s code!
The word for password is סיסמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לפצח-קוד-7.m4a” /], also spelled סיסמא using the Aramaic form.
Note that לפצח refers specifically to cracking nuts and codes. Other forms of cracking appear here.