how to say “escalation” in Hebrew
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הַסְלָמָה
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In light of this past week’s events in southern Israel and Gaza, coupled with the appearance of the mystical, prophetic Jacob’s ladder – סֻלַּם יַעֲקֹב 
– appearing in the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, I’m introducing the word for escalation: הַסְלָמָה.
To create such a modern term on an authentic Hebraic base, Modern Hebrew took the ancient word for ladder, סֻלָּם, and plugged it into the active-causative הִפְעִיל verb form. The resulting verb is לְהַסְלִים – to escalate – whose abstract noun is הסלמה, escalation.
For example:
לִפְעָמִים הַסְלָמָה בַּאֲלִּימוּת נְחוּצָה כְּדֵי לְהָבִיא שָׁלוֹם אֲמִתִּי.
Sometimes escalation in violence is necessary in order to bring true peace.
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים לְכֻלָּם!
Shabbat Shalom, and a pleasant weekend to all!
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