how to say “bank branch” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/סניף-בנק-#.m4a” /]סְנִיף בַּנְק

The Hebrew word for bank is בנק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/סניף-בנק-#.m4a” /] – simple enough.

The word for branch (not of a tree – a location) is סניף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/סניף-בנק-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/סניף-בנק-#.m4a” /]כמה סניפים יש לכם בקו החוף?

How many branches do you have on the coast line?

or 

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/סניף-בנק-#.m4a” /]כמה סניפי בנק יש לכם?

How many bank branches do you have?

The word סניף comes from Mishnaic Hebrew where it referred to part of something whole.

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