how to say “stock” as in, “yes, we have it in stock”! in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

 

 



Yesterday, I introduced the word חִסּוּל (khee-SOOL), in honor of the חיסול of Osama Bin Laden.


Several readers wrote to me noting that לְחַסֵּל (leh-khah-SEL) means not only to finish something (or someone) off, but is also commonly used to mean liquidation, particularly in the phrase חיסול הַמְּלַאי (khee-SOOL hah-meh-LAH-ee) – liquidation of (everything in) stock.


מלאי means stock. It comes from the word מָלֵא (mah-LEH) – full. A similar usage is יֵשׁ לָנוּ קוּרְסִים בַּמְּלַאי (yesh LAH-noo KOOR-seem bah-meh-LAH-ee) – We have courses in stock! (this summer)


שבת שלום וסוף שבוע נעים לכולם!
Shabbat Shalom and a pleasant weekend to all!

 

 

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