how to say “method” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 14, 2021February 10, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /]שִׁיטָה

In Biblical Hebrew you may come across עץ השיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /] – the acacia tree. While the word for method – שיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /] – is spelled and pronounced the same as the word for the tree, the two are not related: the root of שיטה the tree is ש.נ.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /], while the root of שיטה-method is ש.ו.ט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /].

Here’s an example of the word for method in context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /]כדי לרכוש שפה זרה צריך שיטה מנצחת.

In order to acquire a foreign language one needs a winning method.

Methods are שיטות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שיטה-#.m4a” /].

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