how to say “peak” and “record” in Hebrew
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I happen to like warm weather – maybe it’s because I grew up in the scorching San Fernando Valley, maybe it’s a result of the amazing year I had as a teen in sultry Raanana, Israel (where today Ulpan La-Inyan gives courses).
When temperatures reach record highs in Israel, they’re called טֶמְפֶּרָטוּרוֹת שִׂיא (tem-peh-rah-TOO-roht see) – literally, record temperatures.
When a TV series or a string of movie sequels reaches its peak, the conventional wisdom is לִגְמוֹר בַּשִּׂיא – to end on a high note (literally, at the peak) (leeg-MOHR bah-SEE).
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| Israeli chefs said last year that they beat Lebanese chefs in creating a new world record for the largest plate of Humus. Read the article with a grain of salt. |
A world record is שיא עוֹלָם (see oh-LAHM).
As for word origin, this one doesn’t appear in the Bible. I think it comes from the root נ.ש.א (n.s.a) meaning lifting, as the letter נ (n) at the beginning of a word has a tendency to fall away anyway.
