how to say “wrapping paper” in Hebrew
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נְיַר עֲטִיפָה
A good Hebrew term to know as the end of fall approaches is that for wrapping paper: נְיַר עֲטִיפָה.
נייר – paper – first appears in the Hebrew language in Mishnaic literature, while עטיפה – wrapping – comes from the Biblical-Hebrew verb to wrap – לַעֲטוֹף .
For example:
אֲבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲטוֹף אֶת הַמַּתָּנָה בְּנְיַר עֲטִיפָה.
May I have the gift wrapped in wrapping paper? (literally, I shall ask to wrap the gift in wrapping paper.)
Truth is, in Biblical Hebrew, לעטוף also means to faint or to grow weak. More on that in tomorrow’s dose.
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