how to say “to bathe” in Hebrew
לְהִתְרַחֵץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-1.mp3″ /]
To wash something is the active-simple verb לִרְחוֹץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-2.mp3″ /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-3.mp3″ /]רָחַצְתָּ יָדַיִם?
Did you (a male) wash your hands?
Now, that’s the simple action of washing an object or a body part. But to wash oneself or to bathe is a different action, a reflexive one. The word for that in Hebrew is לְהִתְרַחֵץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-1.mp3″ /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-4.mp3″ /]לֵךְ, תִּתְרַחֵץ, בָּאִים אוֹרְחִים.
Go (a male) bathe, guests are coming.
That sentence could also employ another reflexive verb and read:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/להתרחץ-5.mp3″ /]לֵךְ, תִּתְקַלֵּחַ, בָּאִים אוֹרְחִים.
Go shower, guests are coming.