how to say “maze” in Hebrew

 

מָבוֹךְ

 

 
The Hebrew root ב.ו.כ (b.w.k) means confusion, so that someone who is נָבוֹךְ  listen and repeat (or נְבוֹכָה  listen and repeat if she is a female) is confused or perplexed. נבוך and נבוכה also describe someone embarrassed
 
This root also gives rise to the word for maze or labyrinthמָבוֹךְ  listen and repeat – a place that perplexes its travelers. 
 
For example:
 
טִיַּלְנוּ בְּמָבוֹךְ מֵחוּץ לָאַרְמוֹן בְּמַדְרִיד.
We walked around in the maze outside the palace in Madrid.
 
Likewise, the name of my ninth-grade history textbook was עוֹלָם בְּמָבוֹךְ  listen and repeat A World in a Labyrinth.

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