how to say “emergency call center” in Hebrew

 

מוֹקֵד חֵרוּם

 


מֶרְכָּז
 listen and repeat is the better-known word for centerIts root is ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration: a מרכז is a place where people or things gather inside of it, such as:
 
מֶרְכַּז הָעִיר
the city center
 
and 
מֶרְכַּז רְפוּאִי
medical center
 
Its synonym, מוֹקֵד listen and repeat, first appears in Biblical Hebrew, where it means bonfire, a place that people gather around in order to perform ritual activity. Whereas מרכז is a place that houses people and things, a מוקד is a place that draws people or things to surround it.
 
Thus a מוֹקֵד טֶלֶפוֹנִי listen and repeat is a call center – the place draws phone calls to it.

Likewise, a מוֹקֵד חֵרוּם
 listen and repeat is an emergency (call) center.

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