how to say “to agree” in Hebrew

 

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לְהַסְכִּים

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They say that the second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed as a result of senseless hatred. Somehow, these days marking the anniversary of that and other Jewish calamities has a way of getting people in Israel quite edgy.
 
 
Something that the rabbis of the Mishnah taught long before the misunderstandings of today unfolded is that it’s okay to disagree.
 
The Hebrew word for to agree is לְהַסְכִּים ( listen and repeat), an active-causative הִפְעִיל verb of the root ס.כ.מ (s.k.m) first appearing in Mishnaic Hebrew.
 
For example:
 
אֶפְשָׁר לֹא לְהַסְכִּים וּלְהִשָּׁאֵר חֲבֵרִים.
It’s possible to disagree (literally, to not agree) and remain friends.
 
Some other related words:
 
הַסְכָּמָה agreement, approval, the act of agreeing ( listen and repeat)
 
הֶסְכֵּם formal agreement, treaty ( listen and repeat)
לְסַכֵּם to summarize, to total, to agree upon ( listen and repeat)
סִכּוּם summary, conclusion ( listen and repeat)
 
סְכוּם amount ( listen and repeat)
 
by Ami SteinbergerFounder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan
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