how to say “to crawl” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-1.m4a” /]לִזְחוֹל

If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you know some variation of the word ללכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-2.m4a” /] – to walk, a simple verb of the root ה.ל.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-3.m4a” /]. Also a simple verb, the word for to crawl is לזחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-1.m4a” /]. Its root is ז.ח.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-4.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-5.m4a” /]הנה שבלול זוחל על החלון!

The act of crawling – or a crawl – is זחילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-6.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזחול-7.m4a” /]הפקקים גורמים לנסיעה איטית עד כדי זחילה.

The traffic jams cause slow driving to the point of a crawl.