how to say “religious movement” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /]זֶרֶם דָּתִי
A political or social movement by nature has to do with moving, not staying in one place. The more common word for movement in Hebrew is תנועה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /], which applies to movements both literal and symbolic, such as traffic and communism.
There’s another word that refers to ideological and religious movement: זרם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /]. This word means literally flow. A religious movement is a זרם דתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /]כמו בדתות אחרות, יש כמה זרמים דתיים ביהדות.
As in other religions, there are several religious movements in Judaism.
When it comes to Judaism, זרמים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /] (movements) include Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, etc. When a movement borders on becoming a separate religion, the expression would be פלג דתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /] – religious faction.
דתי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /] means religious, whereas דת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/זרם-#.m4a” /] means religion.
