how to say “file” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /]קֹבֶץ
A file collects various things into one place. So Modern Hebrew drew upon the ancient פיעל verb לקבץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] – to gather – to come up with the modern term קובץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] – a file.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /]יש לפתוח את הקובץ המצורף באמצעות סיסמה.
Open the attached file using a password.
You may recognize its root ק.ב.צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] from the name of the uniquely Israeli settlement type, a קיבוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/קובץ-#.m4a” /] – Kibbutz.