How to say “kidney” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /]כִּלְיָה
You may know the word for kidney from the Jewish High Holiday prayers: בוחן כליות ולב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-2.m4a” /] – (the One who) sees the inner workings (literally, kidneys) and the heart.
כליות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-3.m4a” /] are kidneys, while a single kidney is a כליה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/כליה-1.m4a” /].
In another context:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94-4.m4a” /]היא צריכה לעבור ניתוח השתלת כליות.
She needs to undergo a kidney-transplant operation.
