how to say “tunnel” in Hebrew

 

מִנְהָרָה

 

 
The primary objective of Operation Protective Edge was the destruction of tunnels that Hamas had built to terrorize Israel.
 
The Hebrew word for tunnel is מִנְהָרָה listen and repeat. It comes from the word נָהָר listen and repeat meaning river, so that a tunnel is a place dug through the ground, potentially by a river.
 
For example:
 
כָּל יוֹם, תַּיָּרִים רַבִּים בָּאִים לְמִנְהָרוֹת הַכֹּתֶל.
Every day, many tourists come to the Kotel (Western Wall) Tunnels.

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