how to say “of course!” in Hebrew
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בֶּטַח, בָּרוּר, כַּמּוּבָן!
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In yesterday’s dose, we touched on the Hebrew word for security – בִּטָּחוֹן . The root of בטחון is ב.ט.ח meaning sureness and security.
To say, for sure! or of course! in Hebrew, you’d use one of several terms. Here are three of them:
בטח!
A less formal way of expressing of course or for sure is to say !בֶּטַח . This word means, literally, securely! To strengthen the tone of agreement, some say !בֶּטַח שֶׁכֵּן – literally, of course that yes!
Take this short dialogue for example:
אַתָּה בָּא אִתָּנוּ לַסֶּרֶט?
בֶּטַח שֶׁכֵּן!
Are you (a male) coming with us to the movie?
Of course I am!
ברור!
Another informal way of saying of course uses the word for clearly – בָּרוּר .
The more formal word for of course is כַּמּוּבָן . It means, literally, as that which is understood, with כַּ meaning as that which or as the, and מוּבָן meaning understood. מובן is an adjective deriving from the passive-causative הֻפְעַל verb form, the opposite of the active-causative verb, לְהָבִין – to understand.
Take another short dialogue for example:
הַאִם הֵם מֻזְמָנִים לַמְּסִבָּה?
כַּמּוּבָן!
Are they invited to the party?
Of course!