How to say “sprinkler” in Hebrew

מַמְטֵרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-1.mp3″ /]

The common Hebrew word for rain is גֶּשֶׁם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-2.mp3″ /], while the word for rain shower or torrent is מָטָר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-3.mp3″ /]. Both come from Biblical Hebrew, and both serve as roots for several other useful words. מטר becomes מִטְרִיָּה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-4.mp3″ /] – umbrella, as well as a word that people trying to grow plants in drought areas have on their minds: מַמְטֵרָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-1.mp3″ /] – water sprinkler.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ממטרה-5.mp3″ /]הִתְקַנְתִּי מַמְטֵרָה אוֹטוֹמָטִית בַּגִּנָּה.

I installed an automatic sprinkler in the garden.