how to say “inspiration” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הַשְׁרָאָה

The Hebrew word for inspiration is השראה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]ל”ג בעומר הוא יום של השראה.

Lag Baomer is a day of inspiration.

Likewise, בהשראת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /] is inspired by or with the inspiration of, as in: 

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /]הוא כתב את השיר בהשראת סיפור של עגנון.

He wrote the song with the inspiration of a story by Agnon.

השראה is a noun form of the הפעיל verb להשרות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/השראה-#.m4a” /] – to soak or to bathe something.

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