how to say “taxi” in Hebrew
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מוֹנִית
When visiting Israel, you can get with using the word taxi. But the locals use a different word – מוֹנִית
listen and repeat.
listen and repeat.For example:
אֲנִי לֹא מֵבִין לָמָּה אֵין כָּאן מוֹנִיוֹת!
I don’t understand why there aren’t any taxis here!
The word מונית, just like the vehicle it labels, is an invention of the 20th century. Its root, however, goes back to Biblical times.
מונית comes from the root מ.נ.ה (m.n.h), which means counting or enumerating (the counter in the taxi is called a מוֹנֶה listen and repeat). Plugged into the ל”ה variety of the active-simple verb form, the root becomes לִמְנוֹת listen and repeat – to count. It’s a synonym of לִסְפּוֹר listen and repeat, whose root ס.פ.ר (s.p.r) also bears the meaning of telling over.
listen and repeat). Plugged into the ל”ה variety of the active-simple verb form, the root becomes לִמְנוֹת listen and repeat – to count. It’s a synonym of לִסְפּוֹר listen and repeat, whose root ס.פ.ר (s.p.r) also bears the meaning of telling over.