how to say “surgeon” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /]מְנַתֵּחַ
Surgery in Hebrew is ניתוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /]היא עברה ניתוח קיסרי.
She underwent a cesarean section.
Likewise, a מנתח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] is a surgeon when referring to a man and מנתחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] for a woman. Often מנתח goes with the word רופא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] – doctor – before it, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /]הרופא המנתח והצוות שלו עבדו בקפדנות כל היום.
The surgeon and his staff worked diligently all day.
מנתח follows the פיעל verb structure using the word נתח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ניתוח-#.m4a” /] – a chunk – as its root. It’s a verb in Hebrew’s present tense, which means that the word is really a participle: מנתח can also mean doing surgery.