how to say “wax” in Hebrew

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שַׁעֲוָה
 
The Israelites in the desert would still have gotten in trouble, but they would also have saved themselves a lot of money had they used wax instead of gold when they made the calf.
 
They could have painted it gold.
 
The Modern Hebrew word for wax is שַׁעֲוָה listen and repeat. It came to Hebrew in Mishnaic times, when it replaced, for the most part, Biblical-Hebrew דּוֹנַג listen and repeat.
 
There are different kinds of שעווה, such as:
 
שַׁעֲוַת דְּבוֹרִים
beeswax
 
and
 
שַׁעֲוַת אָזְנַיִם
earwax
 
 
 
There’s also נֵרוֹת שַׁעֲוָה listen and repeat, which are wax candles.
 
In short:
 
יֵשׁ שִׁמּוּשִׁים רַבִּים לְשַׁעֲוָה.
There are many uses for wax.

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