how to say “south of…” in Hebrew

 

דְּרוֹמִית לְ…

 

 
The Modern-Hebrew way of expressing north of…, south of… etc. takes the word for north, south, etc, adds a suffix to the end of the word and adds a to prefix to the next word.
 
For example, דָּרוֹם listen and repeat meaning south becomes …ְדְּרוֹמִית ל listen and repeat meaning south of, as in:
 
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע נִמְצֵאת דְּרוֹמִית לְבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁ.
Beer Sheba is located south of Beit Shemesh.
 
יַם הַמֶּלַח נִמְצָא מִזְרָחִית לִירוּשָׁלַיִם.
The Dead Sea is located east of Jerusalem.
 
הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן נִמְצָא מַעֲרָבִית לְמִישׁוֹר הַחוֹף.
The Mediterranean Sea is located west of the coastline.
 
תֵּל אָבִיב נִמְצֵאת צְפוֹנִית לְעַזָּה.
Tel Aviv is located north of Gaza.

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