how to say “candidate” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]מָעֳמָד

The Hebrew word for candidate is מועמד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a male and מועמדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] for a female.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /]כמה מועמדים יש לנו למשרה?

How many candidates do we have for the position?

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The root of מועמד is ע.מ.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/מועמד-#.m4a” /] meaning standing: someone who is a candidate is “standing up” to be picked. Well, more precisely, they’ve been stood up to be picked; מועמד comes from the passive הופעל verb structure.

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