how to say “recommendation” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

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הַמְלָצָה



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The Biblical root מ.ל.צ (m.l.ts) means smooth or agreeable. Modern Hebrew takes this root, puts in into the active-causative הפעיל verb form, and creates the word לְהַמְלִיץ (leh-hahm-LEETS) – to present something as agreeable or, in a word, to recommend.

And if לְהַזְמִין (leh-hahz-MEEN) – to invite – becomes הַזְמָנָה (hahz-mah-NAH) – invitation, להמליץ – to recommend – becomes הַמְלָצָה (hahm-lah-TSAH) – recommendation. Try pronouncing each of those pairs out loud a few times, and you’ll start to get the pattern.


Thus a letter of recommendation is a מִכְתַּב הַמְלָצָה (meekh-TAHV hahm-lah-TSAH): קִבַּלְתִּי מִכְתַּב הַמְלָצָה מֵהַמַּרְצֶה (kee-BAHL-tee meekh-TAHV hahm-lah-TSAH meh-hah-mahr-TSEH) – I received a letter of recommendation from my (the) professor (lecturer).

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