how to say “conversion (to Judaism)” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /]גִּיּוּר
The Hebrew word for conversion when it refers to conversion to Judaism is גיור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /]אחרי תהליך גיור ארוך ואינטנסיבי, היום הוא הצטרף באופן רשמי לעם היהודי.
After a long and intensive conversion process, today he officially joined the Jewish people.
גיור comes from the פיעל verb לגייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /] – to convert someone else. The התפעל verb להתגייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /] means to convert oneself, as in הוא התגייר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /] – he converted. All of these terms come from the root ג.ו.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/גיור-#.m4a” /] meaning to reside – a convert is someone who has come to reside or live among the Jews as a Jew.
What about converting to other religions? For that, watch today’s video.
