how to say “take a bow” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /]קוֹד קִידָּה

Just like Eskimos have about 70 words for snow, Biblical Hebrew has several words for bowing – back then, it was something people did all the time, in many different forms.

A type of bowing that doesn’t involve stretching oneself out on the ground is קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /], from the simple verb לקוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /]. So to take a bow – or to bow a bow – is לקוד קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /].

For example, one might say to a male actor:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /]קוד קידה לפני שאתה יורד מהבמה.

Take a bow before you leave (go down from) the stage.

To a female actor it’s קודי קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /], and to multiple people it’s קודו קידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/קוד-קידה-#.m4a” /].