how to say “to bite” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /]לִנְשׁוֹךְ

The Hebrew word for to bite is the simple verb לנשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /]נשך אותי עכביש!

A spider bit me!

In Biblical Hebrew, נשך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /] – biting – refers to monetary interest (bankers beware). But by Mishnaic times, the word for interest was already ריבית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /], related to the word הרבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/לנשוך-#.m4a” /] – a lot.

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