ignite

Hebrew translation: ignite = להצית (lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)

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English term or phrase:	ignite
Hebrew translation:	ignite = להצית (lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)
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07:49 Jun 10, 2002

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English term or phrase: ignite

I want to ignite their passion.

Joy Wong

ignite = להצית (lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)

Explanation:
the meaning is similar to light a fire
in this case: אני רוצה להצית את תשוקתם
Ani = אני (alef,nun, yod)
Rotze (rotza -female)רוצה (resh,vav,tzadik,heh)
Lehtzit להצית (ignite)(lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)
et = את (alef,tav)
teshukatam = passion = תשוקתם (tav,shin,vav,kof,tav, mem)

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ignite = להצית (lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)

EGB Translations

5 +1

le-hadlik

John Kinory (X)

ani rotze lehalhiv otam

Igal Moria

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ignite = להצית (lamed, heh,tzadik,yod,tav)

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2 hrs confidence:

ani rotze lehalhiv otam

Explanation:
The answer above is technically correct: to ignite is "lehatzit". However, considering the context, I would not use neither the Hebrew word for ignite nor the Hebrew word for passion, because to translated "ignite their passion" literally sounds awkward. I would use the Hebrew word "lehalhiv", which has the meaning of igniting someone's passion about something -- an idea, a plan.

Unless the context is different, e.g. sexual/romantic. In that case, I would use "lahatzit", but instead of passion I would just use the Hebrew word for fire. So it would be, "lehatzit bahem et he'esh".

Igal Moria
Local time: 12:05

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

le-hadlik

Explanation:
Both the above are technically OK, but

1. le-hatzit is slightly incorrect (see above), and is OK but not brilliantly idiomatic here

2. le-halhiv is more applicable to enthusiasm.

The best term, IMHO, is le-hadlik, which also means to ignite/light a fire, but is also used for passion:

le- = to
hadlik = ignite

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Note added at 2002-06-10 11:47:49 (GMT)
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lamed-heh-dalet-lamed-yod-kof

להדליק

This is one word in Hebrew: the \'le-\' is a one-letter prefix.

John Kinory (X)
Local time: 10:05

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