how to say “artist” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /]אָמָּן

Looking at the word אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-1.m4a” /] without vowels, out of context, you might think it’s the Hebrew version of amen. But if אמן appears in a phrase such as הוא אמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-2.m4a” /] – he is an artist, the experienced Hebrew reader would know that it refers here to an artist.

Although there’s no ו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-3.m4a” /] after the letter א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-4.m4a” /], the word is still pronounced ohman. When vocalized, it’s אָמָּן, where the first kamatz vowel under the א is a short one, pronounced oh instead of ah.

In context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-5.m4a” /]איך הוגים את המילה אמן?

How does one pronounce the word אמן?

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-6.m4a” /]יש בישראל אמני מוזיקה מעולים.

There are excellent music artists in Israel.

A female artist is an אמנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-7.m4a” /]. Art is אמנות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-8.m4a” /], and a craftsman is an אומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/אמן-אמנית-9.m4a” /].