how to say “illegal” in Hebrew
Last night 150 refugees were deported back to Sudan from Israel.
The phrase for illegal in Hebrew is בִּלְתִּי חֻקִּי (beel-TEE khoo-KEE). The word בלתי functions in Hebrew in a similar way to how the prefixes in- and un- function in English – such as in impossible – בלתי אֶפְשָׁרִי (beel-TEE ef-shah-REE) – and בלתי נִשְׁכַּח (beel-TEE neesh-KAHKH).
You can hear the phrase בלתי נשכח in Ehud Banai’s song, הַיּוֹם (hah-YOHM) – Today.
You can also hear songs like his on my radio show – tomorrow at noon Israel time.
