how to say “to boil” in Hebrew
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לִרְתּוֹחַ, לְהַרְתִּיחַ
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The Hebrew word for hot is חָם (khahm), an adjective.
But the Hebrew word for boiling is רוֹתֵחַ (roh-TEH-ahkh), both an adjective and a verb.For example, you could describe the water as boiling in the phrase, the boiling water – הַמַּיִם הָרוֹתְחִים (hah-MAH-yeem hah-roh-teh-KHEEM), where ה)רותחים) is an adjective.
But you could also declare that the water is boiling – הַמַּיִם רוֹתְחִים (hah-MAH-yeem roh-teh-KHEEM), where רותחים is a verb. The infinitive to boil is לִרְתּוֹחַ (leer-TOH-ahkh), an active-simple פעל verb.
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לרתוח is also used to express that a person is very angry. For example, הוּא רָתַח כְּשֶׁהוּא שָׁמַע אֶת הַחֲדָשׁוֹת – he boiled when he heard the news (hoo rah-TAHKH keh-sheh-hoo shah-MAH et hah-khah-dah-SHOHT).
That’s the water itself, boiling. But when a person boils water, s/he is actually causing the water to boil. That’s לְהַרְתִּיחַ (leh-hahr-TEE-ahkh) in Hebrew, an active-causative הפעיל verb.
For example, כְּדֵי לְהָכִין תֶּה, קֹדֶם כֹּל צָרִיךְ לְהַרְתִּיחַ מַיִם – in order to prepare tea, first (one) needs to boil water.
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