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In Hebrew: 'Emergency'

By Ami Steinberger

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February 3, 2013, 12 PM ET

חֵרוּם

The Hebrew word for emergency is חֵרוּם. It first appears in recorded Hebrew in the Talmud, in the expression:

בִּשְׁעַת חֵרוּם at a time of emergency 

Other Hebrew expressions used regularly today are:

מַצָּב חֵרוּם an emergency situation

בְּמִקְרֶה חירום in case of emergency

מִסְפַּר חירום emergency number

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