how to say “torch” in Hebrew
מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /]
The Israeli national days of commemoration opened tonight with יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-2.mp3″ /] – Holocaust (Memorial) Day, and torches are being used to raise awareness through ceremony. The Hebrew word for torch (the kind that burns) is מַשּׂוּאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-1.mp3″ /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-3.mp3″ /]הָעֶרֶב הִתְקַיֵּם טֶקֶס הַדְלַקַת הַמַּשֹּוּאוֹת בְּיָד וָשֵׁם, וּבַשָּׁבוּעַ הַבָּא יִתְקַיֵּם הַטֶּקֶס בְּהַר הֶרְצֶל.
This evening the torch-lighting ceremony took place at Yad Vashem, and next week it will take place at Mt. Herzl.
The similar appearance of the words משואה and שׁוֹאָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/משואה-4.mp3″ /] – devastation or the Holocaust – is incidental, as the root of משואה is שׂ.א.ה (s.a.h) and the root of שואה is שׁ.א.ה (sh.a.h).
