how to say “example” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-1.m4a” /]דֻּגְמָה

The root ד.ג.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-2.m4a” /] spawns many words in Hebrew, including דוגמן/דוגמנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-3.m4a” /] – model (as in Bar Refaeli), דגימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-4.m4a” /] – sampling and דגם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-5.m4a” /] – model (think BMW i8).

But perhaps the most common word derived from ד.ג.מ is דוגמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-1.m4a” /] – example.

For example (לדוגמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-6.m4a” /]):

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-7.m4a” /]אני לא מבין, תני לי דוגמה.

I don’t understand, give me an example (spoken by a male to a female).

To refer to more than one example, the word is דוגמאות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-8.m4a” /].

לדוגמה:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/דוגמה-9.m4a” /]גוגל ופייסבוק הן דוגמאות של חברות גדולות.

Google and Facebook are examples of large companies.

I was surprised to learn that the root ד.ג.מ is not Semitic, but rather Greek in origin (δειγμα – deigma).