how to say “to get hurt” in Hebrew
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The Hebrew word לְהִפָּצַע (leh-hee-pah-TSAH) means to get hurt in the physical sense. Likewise, a פְּצִיעָה (peh-tsee-AH) or a פֶּצַע (PEH-tsah) is a physical wound.
For example, you might hear a girl on a playground say:
!קִבַּלְתִּי פֶּצַע
I got a booboo (an injury)!
(kee-BAHL-tee PEH-tsah)
To which an adult might raise the level of speech, asking the girl:
Did you get hurt?
(neef-TSAHT)
The root of these words is פ.צ.ע (p.ts.a). Its verb form is נִפְעַל.
Another word meaning to get hurt is לְהִפָּגַע (leh-hee-pah-GAH). Unlike להיפצע, this word means to get hurt in both the physical and emotional senses. And while להיפצע refers to a specific person receiving an injury, להיפגע is used more generally, or about a larger group of people. פְּגִיעָה (peh-ghee-AH) and פֶּגַע (PEH-gah) mean injury in the general sense.
For example (in which להיפגע is used in its participle form as a noun):
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