how to say “light switch” in Hebrew
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With today’s entry I’m plugging a friend, the newest, best and most reliable and reasonable handyman in Jerusalem – in my opinion.
A few months ago the light switch in my bathroom stopped working. Since I don’t have experience in fixing electronics, I called up Jochanan.
Jochanan came over (at the time he said he would – and first thing in the morning), played with some electrical wires – חוּטִים חַשְׁמַלִּיִים
and got the switch – הַמֶּתֶג – to work.
מֶתֶג, appearing in Biblical Hebrew,is synonymous with רֶסֶן, both of which mean rein or bridle. Both words still refer to a wire going around a horse’s head, but מתג has come to refer also to that piece of circuitry with which we turn on and shut off electricity: a switch.
מתג usually refers to a light switch, but it can also refer to other electrical switches. In order to refer to an electrical switch of any kind, use מֶתֶג חַשְׁמַלִּי.
For example:
So, if things stop working for you during this storm in Jerusalem, you know whom to call.
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