how to say “absolutely clear” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /]מֻבְהָק

מובהק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /] means absolutely clear or salient, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /]יש ראיות מובהקות שהוא היה כאן.

There are absolutely clear (pieces of) evidence that he was here.

מובהק comes from the root ב.ה.ק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /], which has to do with shining: something מובהק is so clear and distinct – salient – that it shines.

מובהק first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew.

Another word for clear is ברור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /], where another colorful expression for absolutely clear is ברור כשמש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מובהק-#.m4a” /] – clear as the sun.

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