how to say “garden” in Hebrew

 

גַּן, גִּנָּה

 

 
The Hebrew word for garden goes way back to the opening passages of the Bible, so that the Garden of Eden is גַּן עֵדֶן  listen and repeat– or, in the Biblical context, “a garden in Eden, in the east”גַּן בְּעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם  listen and repeat.
 
גַּן  listen and repeat in Modern Hebrew refers to a public garden or park
 
For example:
 
הַמְּדִינָה שׁוֹמֶרֶת עַל הַגַָּנִּים הַלְּאֻמִּיִּם.
The State safeguards the national parks.
 
גן also refers to preschool, while kindergarten is גַּן חוֹבָה  listen and repeat – literally, obligatory garden.
 
As for a smaller or private garden, the word is גִּנָּה  listen and repeat (in Arabic, paradise is جنة – jenna).
 
For example:
 
כָּל הַשָּׁבוּעַ הוּא עוֹבֵד בְּמִשְׂרָד, אֲבָל בְּסוֹפֵי שָׁבוּעַ הוּא אוֹהֵב לַעֲבוֹד בַּגִּנָּה.
All week he works in an office, but on weekends he likes working in the garden.

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