Music מוזיקה
12 advanced Hebrew words on music — with pictures, native audio and example sentences. Sounds, stages and performances.
| Image | English | Hebrew | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 | music | מוזיקה | Stressed on the first syllable: MU-zika. |
 | song | שיר | 🔀 Several meaningsBoth a song and a poem. Poetry is שירה. |
 | singer | זמר | ⚠️ GenderFeminine זמרת. The verb 'to sing' is לשיר, from a different root. |
 | band | להקה | 🔀 Several meaningsAlso a flock: להקת ציפורים. |
 | guitar | גיטרה | Stressed gi-TA-ra. |
 | piano | פסנתר | 🔗 RootA pianist is פסנתרן. An old word — it appears in the Book of Daniel. |
 | to play | לנגן | ⚠️ IrregularPlaying an instrument takes ב־: לנגן בגיטרה. 🔀 Several meaningsOnly for instruments — playing a game is לשחק. |
 | to sing | לשיר | 🔗 Rootש-י-ר, the same root as שיר. Present: שר / שרה. |
 | rhythm | קצב | 🔀 Several meaningsAlso 'pace, rate' — and the same letters read katsáv mean a butcher. |
 | lyrics | מילות השיר | 'The words of the song'. מילה is feminine, and its construct plural is מילות. |
 | concert | הופעה | 🔗 RootFrom להופיע, to appear and to perform. 🌎 Regionקונצרט is for classical music. |
 | stage | במה | 🔀 Several meaningsAlso figurative — a platform, a forum. |