how to say “CPR” in Hebrew
הַחְיָאָה
Even if you have no background in Hebrew, chances are you’ve heard the expression !לַחַיִּים before, meaning to life!
before, meaning to life!To produce a word for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, Modern Hebrew invokes a word related to לחיים, the active-causative verb לְהַחֲיוֹת – to revive or to make live – and forms a new noun, הַחְיָאָה .
– to revive or to make live – and forms a new noun, הַחְיָאָה .For example:
אַחֲרֵי עֶשֶׂר דַּקּוֹת שֶׁל בִּצּוּעַ הַחְיָאָה, הַיֶּלֶד הִתְחִיל לִנְשׁוֹם.
After ten minutes of performing CPR, the boy began to breathe.
