how to say “two days from now” in Hebrew
מָחֳרָתַיִם
If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you know that the word for tomorrow is מָחָר .
. But you may not know that there’s a special word for the day after tomorrow: מָחֳרָתַיִם .
.For example:
מָחֳרָתַיִם כְּבָר פּוּרִים!
Two days from now is already Purim!
The word takes מָחֳרַת – the day after – and adds the יים- ending, which doubles the word, making it the day after tomorrow or two days from now.
– the day after – and adds the יים- ending, which doubles the word, making it the day after tomorrow or two days from now.That יים- ending also appears on other words that come in double, such as מִשְׁקָפַיִם – glasses, and כְּתֵפַיִם – shoulders.
– glasses, and כְּתֵפַיִם – shoulders.