how to say “to recall” in Hebrew
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If you know some basic Hebrew, you likely know the word לִזְכּוֹר (leez-KOHR) – to remember. In fact, even if you don’t know any Hebrew at all, but you’ve been to synagogue on יוֹם כִּפּוּר (yohm kee-POOR) before, the word should ring a bell.
The root of לזכור is ז.כ.ר (z.k.r) – the concept of memory – and it follows the simple פעל verb form.
Suppose you’re going about your daily business when a beautiful tune that you heard months ago enters your mind. In English, it’s not so accurate to say that you remember the tune, but rather that you recall or recollect it. You haven’t actively retrieved the tune from the recesses of your mind – rather, it occurred to you.
The Hebrew word for that type of action is לְהִזָּכֵר (leh-hee-zah-KHEHR). One example can be found in this beautiful song by Idan Raichel and the late queen of Israeli song, Shoshana Damari:
הָיִיתִי אוֹסֶפֶת שֶׁאוּכַל לְהִזָּכֵר
I would collect (your words), so that I could recall them (later on)
(hah-YEE-tee oh-SEH-fet sheh-oo-KHAHL leh-hee-zah-KHEHR)
להיזכר is a נפעל verb. You can learn how to conjugate it and other נפעל verbs here.
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