how to say “option” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-1.m4a” /]אוֹפְּצְיָה, אֶפְשָׁרוּת

Like many words that don’t appear in the Bible or the Mishnah,, the word option came to Modern Hebrew as אופציה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-2.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-3.m4a” /]יש לכם שתי אופציות.

You guys have two options.

A more authentically-Hebrew word, though, is אפשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-4.m4a” /], deriving from the word אפשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-5.m4a” /] meaning possible.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אפשרות-6.m4a” /]לאפשרויות נוספות, הקש תשע.

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