how to say “temporary” in Hebrew
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The English word temporary comes from the Latin word tempus, meaning time or season.
Likewise, the Hebrew word for temporary – זְמַנִּי 
listen and repeat – comes from the word for time and, in late Biblical Hebrew, season – זְמַן listen and repeat:
listen and repeat – comes from the word for time and, in late Biblical Hebrew, season – זְמַן listen and repeat:לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם.
To everything there is a season and there is a time for every matter under the sun.
(קֹהֶלֶת ג,א – Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Here’s an example of זמני:
סֻכָּה הִיא בַּיִת זְמַנִּי.
A Sukkah is a temporary home.
זמני is temporary when referring to something masculine. Here’s an example in the feminine:
הוּא נִמְצָא בְּצָרְפַת בִּשְׁהִיָּה זְמַנִּית וְאָמוּר לַחְזוֹר בְּקָרוֹב.
He is in France for a short stay and is supposed to return soon.
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