how to say “martyr” in Hebrew
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While the English word martyr comes originally from a Greek word for witness, Hebrew’s word is קדוש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the masculine and קדושה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /] in the feminine – the same word as holy.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/קדושים-#.m4a” /]קדושי מחנות ההשמדה מונצחים במוזיאון יד ושם שבירושלים.
The martyrs of the death (extermination) camps are commemorated at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem.
