how to say “to raise a flag” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]לְהָנִיף דֶּגֶל
The Hebrew word for flag is דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in the biblical:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן תֵּימָנָה (במדבר ב’, י’)
The flag of the camp of Reuben towards the south (Numbers 2:10)
To raise a flag or to fly a flag is להניף דגל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /], as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /]בשנת 1967 הניפו את דגל ישראל מעל הר הבית.
In the year 1967 the Israeli flag was flown (they flew the Israeli flag) over the Temple Mount.
להניף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /] is a הפעיל verb of the root נ.ו.פ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להניף-דגל-#.m4a” /] meaning move to and fro.
