how to say “dedication” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]מְסִירוּת, הַקְדָּשָׁה
How do you say dedication in Hebrew? Depends on what kind.
Dedication in the sense of dedicating oneself to a cause is מסירות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]. It comes from the root מ.ס.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] meaning to give over, and is related to the התפעל verb להתמסר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] – to devote oneself.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]אנחנו מודים לך, גברת כהן, על השנים של מסירות בלתי נלאית.
We thank you, Mrs. Cohen, for the years of tireless dedication.
You may know the word מסירות from the phrase מסירות נפש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] – literally, devotion of soul. Today this also means dedication, but its classical meaning is literally giving over of the soul as a religious act of martyrdom.
The other word for dedication is הקדשה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /], from the הפעיל verb להקדיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] – to dedicate – and the root ק.ד.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /] meaning holy or sacred: something sacred is special, separate from the rest, dedicated.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/מסירות-#.m4a” /]השם של אמא שלי מופיע בהקדשה בספר החדש שלו.
My mother name appears in the dedication in his new book.