how to say “to tick” in Hebrew
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לְתַקְתֵּק
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The other day I introduced the Hebrew word לִדְפוֹק – to knock (leed-FOHK), which also means, in non-literal sense to move along smoothly.
The Hebrew word that means to tick is לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), an active-intensive פִּעֵל verb whose origin you might guess (English).
For example, the English expression stressing urgency, the clock’s ticking, translates literally to:
.הַשָּׁעוֹן מְתַקְתֵּק
(hah-shah-OHN meh-tahk-TEK)
Like לדפוק, the word לתקתק also means, non-literally, to move along smoothly, especially in terms of a schedule.
For example:
בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל הָעֲבוֹדָה לוֹקַחַת יוֹתֵר זְמַן מֵהַצָּפוּי, אָבָל הַיּוֹם הַכֹּל מְתַקְתֵּק.
Usually the work takes longer than expected, but today everything is ticking.
(beh-DEH-rekh keh-LAHL hah-ah-voh-DAH loh-KAH-khaht yoh-TEHR mee-DAH-ee zeh-MAHN meh-hah-tsah-FOO-ee, ah-VAHL hah-YOHM hah-KOHL meh-tahk-TEK)
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