how to say “BCE” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לפני-הספירה-#.m4a” /]לִפְנֵי הַסְּפִירָה
BCE stands for Before the Common Era (while CE stands for the Common Era). This designation is also known as BC – Before Christ.
In Hebrew, we call this לפני הספירה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לפני-הספירה-#.m4a” /] – before the (general) counting.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לפני-הספירה-#.m4a” /]בית המקדש השני עמד בירושלים בין השנים 516 לפני הספירה ו-70 לספירה.
The Second Temple stood in Jerusalem between the years 516 BCE and 70 CE.
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/לפני-הספירה-#.m4a” /]חנוכה שמח!
Happy Hanukkah!
