how to say “regime” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /]מִשְׁטָר
The Hebrew word for regime – משטר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /] – is related to the word משטרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /], police. When we think of a regime, we tend not to think of fair democracies, but rather of something closer to tyranny, or tyranny itself.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /]המשטר הסובייטי הותיר אחריו מיליוני הרוגים חפים מפשע.
The Soviet regime left behind (it) millions of innocents killed.
The root of these words is ש.ט.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/משטר-#.m4a” /] meaning rule.
