how to say “to empty” in Hebrew

  לְרוֹקֵן listen to this word pronounced       Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for empty – רֵיק (rek or REH-eek). For example, הַבַּיִת רֵיק – the house is empty (hah-BAH-yeet rek). Likewise, emptiness or vanity is רִיק (reek), used in Modern Hebrew to replace the foreign word for vacuum – וָקוּם (VAH-koom). The word for to empty something, however,…