how to say “black eye” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

פָּנָס בָּעַיִן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פנס-בעין-1.mp3″ /]

A black eye is called such because of how it looks.

black eye - פנס בעיןGoing a step further, Hebrew tells a story of how that bruise got there: the term for black eye is פָּנָס בָּעַיִן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פנס-בעין-1.mp3″ /] – a flashlight in the eye.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/פנס-בעין-2.mp3″ /]אָמַרְתִּי לָהּ שֶׁהַשִּׂמְלָה לֹא יָפָה, וְהִתְעוֹרַרְתִּי עִם פָּנָס בָּעַיִן.

I told her that the dress wasn’t pretty, and I woke up with a black eye.

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