{"id":2770,"date":"2020-11-09T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2020-11-21T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T13:28:02","slug":"hebrew-vehicles-vocabulary-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-vehicles-vocabulary-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Vehicles Vocabulary: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are three Hebrew words for vehicle: \u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1, \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1, \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4. \u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1 is the most common among them. Although it means vehicle, in spoken language it usually refers to a car. For example:<\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e4\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1?<\/p>\n

Where did you park the vehicle?<\/p>\n

\u05e7\u05b8\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05e8\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1.<\/p>\n

We bought her a new vehicle.<\/p>\n

When the modern car was invented at the end of the 19th<\/sup> century, it received the name automobile<\/em> in many languages. Hebrew journals in Europe adapted the new word, writing it as \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc. One editor, though, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda<\/a>, refused to use a foreign word. In his newspaper, he named the new wheeled motor vehicle \u05e2\u05b2\u05d2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea. The phrase is a combination of the Hebrew word for cart (\u05e2\u05b2\u05d2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4) with a new conjugation of the Hebrew word for machine (\u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4) as an adjective. About a decade later, after Ben-Yehuda\u2019s son assumed the post of editor, the phrase was shortened to \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea. In the newspaper he edited there were no \u05e2\u05b2\u05d2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea anymore, but only \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea.<\/p>\n

There were very few cars in Israel at that time. People called them \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc, sometimes shortened it to \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9; some people called it \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea. Eventually, the use of the word \u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea spread, and it overcame the use of the foreign word \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc. The shortening of the word automobile, though, is still very popular. Popular Hebrew nurseries prefer the word \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05b9, and it\u2019s very common among children. The song \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ba\u05d8\u05d5\u05ba \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, for example, was written in the 1940s, about a green truck that collected agricultural products from kibbutzim in north of Israel, transporting them to the dairy in Haifa. Listen to the short catchy song every toddler in Israel know (Hebrew subtitles on screen):<\/p>\n