how to say “to run around” in Hebrew
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לְהִתְרוֹצֵץ
To run is לָרוּץ (lah-ROOTS) in Hebrew. It is an active-simple פעל application of the root ר.ו.צ (r.w.ts) meaning running.
To run around from place to place, often lacking a sense of control, is לְהִתְרוֹצֵץ (leh-heet-roh-TSETS). This is the reflexive-intensive התפעל application of the root.
For example:
יְלָדִים, תַּפְסִיקוּ לְהִתְרוֹצֵץ!
Kids, stop running around!
(yeh-lah-DEEM, tahf-SEE-koo leh-heet-roh-TSETS!)
The first instance of this word in Hebrew literature appears in the Biblical story of the pregnancy of יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָׂו – Jacob and Esau (yah-ah-KOHV veh-eh-SAHV). In that context, להתרוצץ does refer to a literal running around, but rather to an unrest due to which, if the children had the physical room, they would likely would be running:
וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבּהּ
And the boys struggled within her.
(vah-yeet-roh-tsah-TSOO hah-bah-NEEM beh-keer-BAH)
Genesis 25:22
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