how to say “mountain range” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-1.m4a” /]רֶכֶס הָרִים

mountain range - רכס הרים

The Alps, the Carpathians and the Himalayas are all mountain ranges.

In Hebrew, each is a רכס הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-1.m4a” /], where רכס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-2.m4a” /] means range and הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-3.m4a” /] are mountains.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-4.m4a” /]גם הרכמל נחשב רכס הרים.

The Carmel is also considered a mountain range.

Mountain ranges are רכסי הרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/רכס-הרים-5.m4a” /].

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