how to say “thoughtfulness” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]הִתְחַשְּׁבוּת

The Hebrew word for thought is מחשבה[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]רואים שהיא השקיעה המון מחשבה בהודעה שהיא כתבה.

You can see she put in a lot of thought into the message she wrote.

What about thoughtfulness or consideration? That’s התחשבות[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /], a word that often appears together with בזולת[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /] – of the other.

For example:

[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /]התחשבות בזולת היא תכונה רצויה.

Consideration of others (of the other) is a desirable quality.

התחשבות comes from the התפעל verb להתחשב[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /] – to be considerate. And all of these words come from the root ח.ש.ב[audioclip url=”[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/התחשבות-#.m4a” /], the concept of thinking.