how to say “medical center” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

 

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מֶרְכָּז רְפוּאִי

 

 

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A center is a מֶרְכָּז (mehr-KAHZ). For example, the greater Tel Aviv metropolis is considered מֶרְכַּז הָאָרֶץ (mehr-KAHZ hah-AH-rets) – the center of the country. The root of מרכז is ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration. 


The practice of medicine is רְפוּאָה (reh-foo-AH). Thus a medical center is a מֶרְכָּז רְפוּאִי (mehr-KAHZ reh-foo-EE), where the ee sound at the end of the רפואי turns the feminine noun of רפואה into a masculine adjective describing the masculine noun מרכז.


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