how to say “billboard” in Hebrew

שֶׁלֶט חוּצוֹת

If you’ll be in Jerusalem in August, don’t miss חוצות היוצר
the Artist’s Colony fair, where you’ll find artwork from around the world as well as concerts by some of Israel’s rock stars.

חוצות
isn’t exactly a colony – the word refers to the outdoors in a poetic sense (בחוץ
is outdoors or outside in the everyday sense). And היוצר
means the creator in the artistic sense (not in the exclusively divine sense – that’s הבורא
).

The word for sign is שלט
, so שלט חוצות
is a sign in the outdoors – or a billboard.

For example:

יש שלטי חוצות ענקיים תלויים לאורך נתיבי האיילון.

There are gigantic billboards posted along the Ayalon Highway.

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