how to say “snake bite” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-1.m4a” /]הַכָּשַׁת נָחָשׁ
Yesterday we saw that לעקוץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-2.m4a” /] means to sting or to bite when the act is performed by an insect, while לנשוך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-3.m4a” /] is for human beings.
לנשוך applies to other mammals as well.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-4.m4a” /]הכלב נשך אותי!
The dog bit me!
When speaking of snakes though, the word is להכיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-5.m4a” /], an active-causative verb of the root נ.כ.ש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-6.m4a” /]. (the letter נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-7.m4a” /] falls off due to difficulty in pronunciation). This root is almost identical to the one for לנשוך, whose root is נ.ש.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בדיקה-רפואית-10.m4a” /] .
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-8.m4a” /]הנחש הכיש אותו בלילה.
The snake bit him at night.
Likewise, a snake bite is הכשת נחש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-1.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הכשת-נחש-9.m4a” /]יש סימן של הכשת נחש על הרגל שלו.
There’s the mark of a snake bite on his leg.