how to say “grapevine” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /]גֶּפֶן
Here’s a nice Hebrew name for a child: גפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /], which means grapevine. You may also recognize the word from the Jewish blessing on wine: בורא פרי הגפן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /] – the One who creates the vine.
As is the trend today with Hebrew names, this one is unisex.
Nevertheless the word גפן itself is grammatically feminine, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /]הגפנים מתחילות לפרוח באביב.
The grapevines start to blossom in the spring.
Confused why גפנים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/גפן-#.m4a” /] has a masculine ending even though the word is feminine? Here’s an article about how gender works in Hebrew grammar.
