how to say “to intercept” in Hebrew
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This word means to intercept as well as to shoot down: לְיָרֵט (leh-yah-RET). It’s an active-intensive פיעל verb, of the Biblical-Hebrew root י.ר.ט (y.r.t), which means thwart.
Interception of rockets is יֵרוּט רָקֶטוֹת (yeh-ROOT rah-KEH-tot).
That’s what these soldiers are doing, as explained in this video.
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