how to say “midwife” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מילדת-#.m4a” /]מְיַלֶּדֶת
Today most baby deliveries are performed by doctors and nurses, but some women prefer to work with a midwife.
The Hebrew term for midwife is מילדת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מילדת-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מילדת-#.m4a” /]היא עבדה גם בתור מורה לעברית וגם בתור מילדת.
She worked as both a Hebrew teacher and a midwife.
מילדת comes from the root י.ל.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/מילדת-#.m4a” /] meaning child and the פיעל verb structure.
