how to say “arrow” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /]חֵץ
The Hebrew word for arrow is חץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /], while its plural is חצים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /].
In the past few centuries the word for arrow in most languages has fallen out of conventional use, but it sometimes gets invoked as the name for a superhero… or a missile-defense system.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חץ-#.m4a” /]מערכת החץ נכנסה לשירות בשנת אלפיים.
The Hetz (Arrow) system went into use in the year two thousand.
