how to say “college” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מִכְלָלָה
While the Hebrew word for university remains the transliteration אוניברסיטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /], the word for college is an authentic Hebrew one: מכללה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /]מכללת ספיר ממוקמת קרוב לעיר שדרות.
Sapir College is located near the city Sderot.
If you look closely at מכללה, you might spot its root: כ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/מכללה-#.m4a” /], which means all or every. The English word college is related to collection – a college is a place of gathering, a collection of people of a similar mindset or set of goals. Incidentally or not, the first three consonants of college are c.l.l, which correspond to כ.ל.ל.