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Nov 21, 2011

how to say "advertising" and "marketing" in Hebrew


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פִּרְסוּם, שִׁוּוּק


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שׁוּק מַחֲנֶה יְהוּדָה, יְרוּשָלָיִםshouk mah-khah-NEH yeh-hoo-DAH,
yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem

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Before I opened Ulpan La-Inyan and watched it develop, I didn't quite understand the difference between advertising and marketing. I've since learned that while marketing is the process of getting a product from creation to the customer, advertising - making sure people know about the product - is only a part of that process.


The Hebrew words for both advertising and marketing are nouns deriving from the active-intensive verb form


שִׁוּוּק וִירָלִיshee-VOOK vee-RAH-lee
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To advertise is לְפַרְסֵם (leh-fahr-SEM), of the non-Semitic four-letter root, פ.ר.ס.מ (p.r.s.m), and thus the industry of advertising is פִּרְסוּם (peer-SOOM). Likewise, a television commercial or advert is a פִּרְסוֹמֵת (peer-SOH-met).


And to market is לְשַׁוֵּק (leh-shah-VEK), coming from the word שׁוּק (shouk), meaning market or marketplace. Thus marketing is שִׁוּוּק (shee-VOOK).




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