how to say “friendship” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /]חֲבֵרוּת
If you’ve got some basic Hebrew under your belt, you probably know the word for friend – חבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /] for a male and חברה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /] for a female.
The word for friendship is חברות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /]חברות טובה היא דבר שלא הולך ברגל.
Good friendship is not something to be taken lightly.
The root ח.ב.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /] means connection or joining. This root also produces the name of the city חברון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/חברות-#.m4a” /] – Hebron.
