how to say “divorce” in Hebrew
גֵּרוּשִׁין
The Hebrew word for to expel or to banish is the (not surprisingly) active-intensive verb לְגָרֵשׁ . It’s the same word used already in Biblical Hebrew for the unfortunate circumstance where a man asks his wife to leave – when he divorces her.
. It’s the same word used already in Biblical Hebrew for the unfortunate circumstance where a man asks his wife to leave – when he divorces her.Since today divorce is seen as a mutual event rather than a male-driven one, Israelis don’t use לגרש, but rather the reflexive verb לְהִתְגָרֵשׁ – to get divorced.
– to get divorced.For example:
הוּא הִתְגָרֵשׁ מִמֶּנָּה, וְהִיא הִתְגָרְשָׁה מִמֶּנּוּ.
He got divorced from her, and she got divorced from him.