how to say “special” in Hebrew

 

מְיֻחָד

 

 
Built into the human brain is a remarkably accurate mechanism for recognizing and distinguishing human faces one from the other.
 
I suppose that’s evidence that we’re all special.
 
The Hebrew word for special is מְיֻחָד listen and repeat in the masculine and מְיֻחֶדֶת listen and repeat in the feminine.
 
For example:
 
זֶה מַטְבֵּעַ נָדִיר וּמְיֻחָד.
This is a rare and special coin.
 
and 
 
הִיא אִשָּׁה מְיֻחֶדֶת בְּיוֹתֵר.
She is a most special woman.
 
 
The word broken down:
 
The root of מיוחד is י.ח.ד (y.kh.d) meaning unitedness. מיוחד is an adjective deriving from the passive-intensive verb form.
 
As the opening words of this week’s Torah portion intimate:
 
קֶשֶׁר מְיֻחָד מְתֹאָר בֵּין הָאֱ-לֹהִים וּמֹשֶׁה.
A special relationship is described between G-d and Moses.

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