how to say “broken heart” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]לֵב שָׁבוּר

You may know the Hebrew word for heart – לב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]. You may also know the simple verb לשבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /] – to break.

So a broken heart is לב שבור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /]מי לא סבל פעם מלב שבור?

Who hasn’t suffered once from a broken heart?

Likewise, heartbreak is שברון לב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/לב-שבור-#.m4a” /].

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