how to say “to cough” in Hebrew
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לְהִשְׁתָּעֵל
If you’re like me and you’ve got a cough that is taking its sweet time to go way, raise your hand.
The Hebrew word for to cough is לְהִשְׁתָּעֵל , a reflexive-intensive verb of the root שׁ.ע.ל (sh.a.l) meaning depth and hollowness – when we cough, we exhale air rapidly and noisily from the depths of the hollow cavities called our lungs.For example:
הִיא לֹא מַפְסִיקָה לְהִשְׁתָעֵל.
She doesn’t stop coughing.
A cough is a שִׁעוּל .
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