how to say “permission” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]רְשׁוּת

The Hebrew word for permission is רשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]אדוני, יש לך רשות להיות כאן?

Sir, do you have permission to be here?

רשות comes from the root ר.ש.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]. To permit or to allow is the הפעיל verb להרשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /]. Someone permitted to do something is רשאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /] is he’s male or רשאית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /] if she’s female.

רָשות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /] with an ah vowel means authority, though sometimes it sounds just like רשות–permission when it’s connected to another word, such as what was רשות השידור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/רשות-#.m4a” /] – the Broadcast Authority.