how to say “to belong” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]לְהִשְׁתַּיֵּךְ

The basic Hebrew word for belong is שייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]כאן הוא מרגיש שייך.

Here he feels (like he) belongs.

שייך (or שייכת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /] if it refers to a feminine object) simply means that something or someone belongs – the belonging is not their choice. If we want to say that someone belongs to something due to their own initiative – associates oneself – the word is the התפעל verb להשתייך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/להשתייך-#.m4a” /]היא משתייכת לזרם הדתי-לאומי.

She associates herself with the national-religious movement.

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