How to say “to throw away” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /]לִזְרֹק, לְהַשְׁלִיךְ
You may know the Hebrew word for to throw – לזרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /], a פעל verb.
For example:
זרוק את הכדור![audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /]
Throw the ball! (to a male)
But perhaps you didn’t know that לזרוק also means to toss into the garbage, for example:
הגיע הזמן לעשות סדר ולזרוק פה כמה דברים.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /]
It’s about time to make some order and throw away a few things here.
Another more formal word for to throw away is להשליך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /] – literally, to cast. In noun form, להשליך becomes השלכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /] – casting (also consequence and projection in the psychological sense).
For example, you might see this printed on a sign on an Israeli bus:
השלכת פסולת מרכב זה אסורה.[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/לזרוק-להשליך-#.m4a” /]
Throwing away garbage from this vehicle is forbidden.
להשליך is a הפעיל verb.
