how to say “a lady” in Hebrew

 

גְּבֶרֶת

 

 
Two of the first words we teach in Ulpan La-Inyan are sir and ma’am – אֲדוֹנִי  listen and repeat and גְּבֶרֶת  listen and repeat, respectively. These mean literally, my master and lady.
 
גברת refers to a lady or a woman of status, as in the title of the musical:
 
גְּבִרְתִּי הַנַּאֲוָה
My Fair Lady
 
Her male counterpart is גְּבִיר  listen and repeat, a lord or a man of great wealth, as in:
 
בָּרוֹן רוֹטְשִׁילְד הָיָה גְּבִיר.
Baron Rothschild was a lord.

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