how to say “amusing” in Hebrew
The Hebrew word for amusing – מְשַׁעֲשֵׁע (me-shah-ah-SHEH-ah) – came up in a lesson I gave in Jerusalem last week.
This three-letter (ש.ע.ע – sh.a.a) turned-four-letter root (ש.ע.ש.ע – sh.a.sh.a) appears in several places in the Bible, where in some places it means delights – שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (shah-ah-shoo-EEM).
Today, a playground in Israel is called גַּן שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (gahn shah-ah-shoo-EEM).
משעשע – amusing – comes from the verb לְשַעֲשֵׁע (le-shah-ah-SHEH-ah) – to amuse. It’s a פיעל (pee-EHL) verb. You can figure out how to conjugate it here.
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