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Apr 26, 2010

fine dining - in Hebrew: http://ktzat-ivrit.ulpan.com

לסעוד

If you know a bit of Hebrew, you probably know the word for restaurant - מִסְעָדָה (mees-ah-DAH).

The root of that word is ס.ע.ד (s.a.d.), whose core meaning is satiation.

The common word for to eat is לֶאֱכוֹל (le-eh-KHOL), but just like English has a finer word, to dine, Hebrew has לִסְעוֹד (lees-OHD).