how to say “unnecessary” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /]מְיֻתָּר

Another word in English for unnecessary is extraneous. This translates beautifully with the Hebrew מיותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /], which comes from the word יותר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /] meaning more or extra.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /]יש לנו איברים מיותרים בגוף.

We have unnecessary (extraneous) organs in (our) body.

מיותר is a passive פועל form of the root י.ת.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /]. Its active counterpart, לייתר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/מיותר-#.m4a” /], means to render unnecessary.

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