how to say “phone answering machine” in Hebrew
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מְשִׁיבוֹן
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If you’ve called someone in Israel on their cell phone and didn’t manage to get through, chances are you’ve heard the following message:
שָׁלוֹם, הִגַּעְתֶּם לַמְּשִׁיבוֹן הַסֶּלוֹלָרִי שֶׁל…
(shah-LOHM, hee-GAH-tem lah-meh-shee-VOHN hah-seh-loh-LAH-ree shel…)
Hello, you’ve reached the cellular answering machine of…
The Hebrew word for this device of modern times is מְשִׁיבוֹן (meh-shee-VOHN). It comes from the verb לְהָשִׁיב (leh-hah-SHEEV) – to return something, a verb of the root שׁ.ו.ב (sh.w.b), meaning again.
This word is distinguished from the term for voice mail box – תָּא קוֹלִי (tah koh-LEE) – literally, voice cell.
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