how do you say “heat,” “fever” and “warmth” in Hebrew?
חום
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Yes, single Hebrew word above means all three of those things in English: heat, fever and warmth.
The word is חוֹם (hohm) – not to be confused with the color brown – חוּם (hoom).
Here are two Hebrew songs by two of my favorite Israeli musicians. Both have חוֹם in the chorus, but they are used to mean two different things.
Listen to the two songs, trying to identify which meaning of חום appears in each based on whatever context you can understand.
Can’t see the videos?
Listen to the two songs, trying to identify which meaning of חום appears in each based on whatever context you can understand.
Can’t see the videos?
חום יולי-אוגוסט מאת שלמה ארצי
Hom Yuli-August by Shlomo Artzi
מהרי נא מאת אהוד בנאי
Mahari Na – by Ehud Banai
