how to say “curls” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /]תַּלְתַּלִּים
Some people have שיער חלק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] – straight (literally, smooth) hair. Others have תלתלים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] – curls or waves.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /]כשהייתי ילד, היו לי תלתלים.
When I was a boy, I had curls.
Curly hair is שיער מתולתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /], where מתולתל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /] derives from the פועל verb form.
תלתלים comes from the Hebrew Bible where it appears once:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/תלתלים-#.m4a” /]קְוֻצּוֹתָיו, תַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵב (שיר השירים ה’, י”א)
His locks, black waves like the raven. (Song of Songs 5:11)
