how to say “emergency exit” in Hebrew
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יְצִיאַת חֵרוּם
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The Hebrew word for emergency is חֵרוּם , as discussed here.
, as discussed here.An exit is a יְצִיאָה , coming from the active-simple verb לָצֵאת – to go out – whose root is י.צ.א (y.ts.a).
, coming from the active-simple verb לָצֵאת – to go out – whose root is י.צ.א (y.ts.a).When יציאה is connected to another word in an “of” (construct-סְמִיכוּת) relationship, such as an exit of emergency, the ה (h) becomes a ת (t), and we get the phrase:
יְצִיאַת חֵרוּם
emergency exit
For example:
בְּבִנְיָן גָּדוֹל חָשׁוּב לָדַעַת אֵיפֹה יְצִיאוֹת הַחֵרוּם.
In a large building it’s important to know where the emergency exits are.
In slang, יציאה can refer to an amusing or surprising comment, such as:
הִיא נִרְאֲתָה לָנוּ בָּחוּרָה שְׁקֵטָה עַד שֶׁשָּׁמַענוּ כַּמָּה יְצִיאוֹת שֶׁלָּהּ.
She seemed to us like a quiet girl until we heard some of her comments.
יציאה has other meaning as well, summarized here.
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