how to say “importance” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חשיבות-#.m4a” /]חֲשִׁיבוּת

You may know the Hebrew word חשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חשיבות-#.m4a” /], important (literally, something thought of).

What about importance? That’s חשיבות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חשיבות-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חשיבות-#.m4a” /]זה ממצא בעל חשיבות רבה.

This is a finding of great importance.

חשיבות and חשוב derive from the simple פעל verb לחשוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/חשיבות-#.m4a” /] – to think.

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