how to say “eagle” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /]נֶשֶׁר

If you’ve traveled from the Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem, you may know this word from the shuttle service bearing it: נשר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /] – literally, eagle (technically vulture, but Israelis use נשר for both).

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/נשר-#.m4a” /]הסמל הרשמי של ארצות הברית כולל את הנשר.

The official symbol of the United States includes the eagle.

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