how to say “suitcase” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

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

suitcase -מזוודהThe Hebrew word for suitcase, מזוודה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-1.m4a” /], appears first in the Mishnah. Its non-Biblical-Hebrew root is ז.ו.ד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-2.m4a” /].

Here’s the word in context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-3.m4a” /]קניתי מזוודה חדשה כי הישנה התקלקלה.

I bought a new suitcase because the old one got ruined.

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מזוודה-4.m4a” /]הגיטרה מהדהדת בתוך המזוודה.

The guitar is resonating inside the suitcase.

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