how to say “killer whale” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]קַטְלָן
Less commonly called אורקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] – orca, a killer whale, in Hebrew, is לוויתן קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] or simply קטלן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /], which comes from the Aramaic root ק.ט.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] meaning kill (לוויתן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /] means whale).
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /]השנה נצפה לוויתן קטלן לראשונה מול חופי ישראל.
This year, a killer whale was spotted for the first time opposite the beaches of Israel.
קטלן is also the name of the word structure we’ve been seeing all week, with the words רקדן, עצלן, חיישן, שמרן [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/קטלן-#.m4a” /].
