how to say “antisemitism” in Hebrew
אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת
Tomorrow is יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה
, Israel’s national Holocaust (Memorial) Day.
, Israel’s national Holocaust (Memorial) Day.As we have seen in the past few weeks, antisemitism is alive and well.
The Hebrew term for this phenomenon is אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת , which connects the Latin prefix anti– with Semite – שֵׁמִי (literally, a descendant of the Biblical figure שֵׁם – Shem) and Hebrew’s version of the suffix –ism – וּת- .
, which connects the Latin prefix anti– with Semite – שֵׁמִי (literally, a descendant of the Biblical figure שֵׁם – Shem) and Hebrew’s version of the suffix –ism – וּת- .For example:
אֵין סִבָּה מֻבְהֶקֶת לָאַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת.
There is no clear reason for (the) antisemitism.
