how to say “to move away from something” in Hebrew
Suppose you’re walking in the downtown district in your home town, and you pass by a smelly garbage bin that in Israel we call צְפַרְדְעִים (tse-fahr-de-EEM) – frogs.
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| See why we call them frogs? |
You might wish to move away from the stench. In Hebrew, to move away from something is לְהִתְרַחֵק מִמַּשֶּׁהו (le-heet-rah-KHEK mee-MAH-sheh-hoo).
להתרחק is a reflexive התפעל form using the root ר.ח.ק (r.kh.k) – distance. You can learn to use the התפעל form here.
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