how to say “wings” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]כְּנָפַיִם
The Hebrew word for wing is כנף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /] – a pair of them is כנפיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]. And like many other body parts that come in pairs, human or otherwise, the word is feminine:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]יש לציפור הזאת כנפיים רחבות מאוד!
This bird has very wide wings!
You may know the word from the biblical expression כנפי נשרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /] – wings of eagles, which is also the name of a boulevard in Jerusalem which once functioned as a landing strip for small planes:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/כנפיים-#.m4a” /]המשרד שלהם נמצא ברחוב כנפי נשרים.
Their office is located on Kanfei Nesharim (Wings of Eagles) Street.
