how to say “amusing” in Hebrew
מְשַׁעֲשֵׁעַ The Hebrew word for amusing – מְשַׁעֲשֵׁע (me-shah-ah-SHEH-ah) – came up in a lesson I gave in Jerusalem last week. This three-letter (ש.ע.ע – sh.a.a) turned-four-letter root (ש.ע.ש.ע – sh.a.sh.a) appears in several places in the Bible, where in some places it means delights – שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (shah-ah-shoo-EEM). Today, a playground in Israel is called גַּן שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים…