how to say “objects” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-1.m4a” /]חֲפָצִים
The word for Hebrew word for object is חפץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-2.m4a” /], though that three-letter root originally meant desire, as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-3.m4a” /]…כי חפץ בבת יעקב… (בראשית ל”ד, י”ט)
…for he desired the daughter of Jacob… (Genesis 34:19)
So the object of desire came to be known as a physical object or simply a thing. Thus in Modern Hebrew we have:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/חפצים-4.m4a” /]אני צריך לארוז את כל החפצים.
I (a male) need to pack all my (the) things.
