how to say “hail” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

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

hail - ברד

Mind you, this is not hail as in All hail the king! This is hail in the frozen rain sense: ברד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-1.m4a” /].

For example:

This is not rain, this is hail.

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ברד-2.m4a” /]זה לא גשם, זה ברד.

ברד can also refer to a frozen beverage like those sold at 7-Eleven.

The word is related to the Arabic بارد (barid) meaning cold.

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