how to say “bow and arrow” in Hebrew
חֵץ וָקֶשֶׁת
Though the more prominent tradition of לַ”ג בָּעֹמֶרis the bonfire, Jewish children today and throughout the Diaspora used to go out into the fields and play with bows and arrows, as a reminder of the last stand in the Jewish independence of antiquity, the Bar Kochba revolt.
is the bonfire, Jewish children today and throughout the Diaspora used to go out into the fields and play with bows and arrows, as a reminder of the last stand in the Jewish independence of antiquity, the Bar Kochba revolt.The Hebrew term for bow and arrow is חֵץ וַקֶשֶׁת
חֵץ is an arrow, while חִצִּיםare arrows;
is an arrow, while חִצִּיםare arrows;and קֶשֶׁת is a bow, while קְשָׁתוֹת are bows.
is a bow, while קְשָׁתוֹת are bows.For example:
הַיְּלָדִים שִׂחֲקוּ בְּחֵץ וָקֶשֶׁת.
The children played with bow and arrow.
קשת also refers to the rainbow. In addition to the Bar Kochba revolt, Jewish tradition also attributes the games of חץ וקשת to the absence of a rainbow – a symbol of trouble – during the lifetime of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, whose anniversary of passing Jews observe on ל”ג בעומר.
