how to say “to throw” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-1.m4a” /]לִזְרוֹקto throw - לזרוק

Unlike some actions, such as to print – להדפיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-2.m4a” /] – that came into existence only in the modern era, to throw throws us back to Biblical times: לזרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-1.m4a” /] appears already in ספר שמות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-3.m4a” /] – the Book of Exodus.

Here’s a Modern-Hebrew example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-4.m4a” /]זרוק את הכדור!

Throw the ball! (spoken to a male)

זרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לזרוק-5.m4a” /] is an imperative (command) form of לזרוק. Learn the basic pattern of this simple verb here.

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