how to say “thunderstorm” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /]סוּפַת רְעָמִים

Yesterday we saw the expression סופת ברקים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /] – lightning storm.

The more common storm though is סופת רעמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /] – a thunderstorm, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /]התחזית: גשם מקומי, סופות רעמים וברד.

The forecast: local rain(s), thunderstorms and hail.

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רעם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /] is thunder, while רעמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/סופת-רעמים-#.m4a” /] are thunders.