how to say “garbage can” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-1.m4a” /]פַּח
The common Modern Hebrew word for garbage or rubbish is זבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-2.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-3.m4a” /]דני, תוציא את הזבל!
Danny, take out the garbage!
But historically, זבל referred specifically to fertilizer of animal droppings. The more generic term for waste, from Biblical times and on, is אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-4.m4a” /].
Then there’s פח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-1.m4a” /], which today means bin or can for waste…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-5.m4a” /]תזרוק את זה לפח.
Throw it in the bin.
…but historically referred to scrap metal, of which waste bins were once made.
So how do you say garbage can or rubbish bin in Modern Hebrew? Either פח אשפה, פח זבל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-6.m4a” /]…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פח-7.m4a” /]אפשר לקנות פח זבל בחנות כלי בית.
(You) can buy a garbage can at a houseware store.
…or simply פח.
