how to say “to fall asleep” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /]לְהֵרָדֵם

The Hebrew word for to fall asleep is להרדם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /].

Take for example the story of חוני המעגל – Honi the Circle Drawer [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /]:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /]הוא נרדם תחת עץ החרוב וישן שבעים שנה.

He fell asleep under the carob tree and slept for seventy years.

להירדם is a נפעל verb and a great example of how נפעל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /] is not necessarily a passive verb form as is often taught. The root of להירדם is ר.ד.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/להירדם-2-#.m4a” /].

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