how to say “filling” in Hebrew
מִלּוּי, סְתִימָה
With Purim coming up, some of you may already be thinking about those special holiday cookies, hamentaschen (Yiddish, literally, Haman’s pockets) – in Hebrew, אָזְנֵי הָמָן (literally, Haman’s ears) and the various fillings they come with.
(literally, Haman’s ears) and the various fillings they come with.The Hebrew word for filling when speaking of cookies is מִלּוּי , deriving from the active-causative verb לְמַלֵּא – to fill.
, deriving from the active-causative verb לְמַלֵּא – to fill.For example:
אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אָזְנֵי הָמָן בְּמִלּוּי תְּמָרִים. אֲנִי לֹא אוֹהֵב אֹתָן בְּמִלּוּי פֶּרֶג.
I like hamentaschen with date filling. I don’t like them with poppy-seed filling.
Now, that’s for food. But if you’ve eaten too many אזני המן and have to get a filling for your cavity, the Hebrew word for that is סְתִימָה – literally, plugging or sealing.
– literally, plugging or sealing.When the dentist puts a crown on your tooth, that’s a כֶּתֶר – literally a crown.
– literally a crown.