how to say “window” (literal and proverbial) in Hebrew
חַלּוֹן, צֹהַר
The Hebrew word for the physical window found on the sides of homes and buildings is חַלּוֹן
listen and repeat. Though חלון is a masculine noun, it looks feminine in the plural:
listen and repeat. Though חלון is a masculine noun, it looks feminine in the plural:מַעֲרֶכֶת הַהַפְעָלָה שֶׁל מִיקְרוֹסוֹפט נִקְרֵאת “חַלּוֹנוֹת.”
Microsoft’s operating system is called Windows.
חלון also means window in the proverbial sense, as in:
הָעֵינַיִם חַלּוֹן לַנְּשָׁמָה.
The eyes are a window to the soul.
Another word, a more literary synonym for חלון, also refers to the proverbial window: צֹהַר listen and repeat, as in the name of the Israeli rabbinic organization צֹהַר לַיַהֲדוּת listen and repeat – A Window to Judaism.
listen and repeat, as in the name of the Israeli rabbinic organization צֹהַר לַיַהֲדוּת listen and repeat – A Window to Judaism.Both צוהר and חלון first referred to a physical window, and both appear as such in the Torah portion to be read by Jews around the world this Shabbat.
צוהר is related to the word for purity – טֹהַר listen and repeat – as both have to do with clarity, and both begin with an emphatic consonant while the rest of the root letters are the same.
listen and repeat – as both have to do with clarity, and both begin with an emphatic consonant while the rest of the root letters are the same.
