how to say “hammer” in Hebrew
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פַּטִּישׁ
Sometimes Anglos who are learning Hebrew make mistakes that native or near-native speakers find pretty funny.
A friend of mine the other day said he was planning to a go a hardware store to buy a hammer. But the word he said for hammer was פַּשְׁטִידָה 
listen and repeat, the word for quiche.
listen and repeat, the word for quiche.
As for an example… here’s the first line of this classic Israeli holiday song:
פַּטִּישׁ, מַסְמֵר, נִקַּח מַהֵר…
A hammer, a nail, we’ll quickly take…
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