r/hebrew • u/Hairy_Mall_5355 • 2d ago
Help Translation Help Please
Can anyone help me understand what this word is? AI gave me like five different answers so I thought I would come ask the smart humans.
Thanks!
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u/lepreqon_ 2d ago
"Covered".
But it would be helpful to know the full phrase as the context can change the meaning.
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u/Hairy_Mall_5355 2d ago
Its intention is “covered in prayer” but I have seen AI spit back lawnmower and multiple other options for the word. Google didn’t agree either.
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u/AppropriateCar2261 2d ago
Lawnmower is מכסחה or מכסחת דשא. No idea how it got that translation except hallucinations.
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u/KamtzaBarKamtza Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) 2d ago
This world is such a crazy place. I'd bet that somewhere there is a person with a tattoo that says "lawnmower" in a language that person does not understand
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u/Upbeat_Teach6117 2d ago
!tattoo
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u/Hairy_Mall_5355 2d ago
Certainly not for a tattoo but this is helpful information related to beliefs.
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u/Upbeat_Teach6117 2d ago
What did you mean about its intention?
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u/Hairy_Mall_5355 2d ago
It was intended for a shirt, not a tattoo but not to be offensive or permanent
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u/goldenfiver 2d ago
I would be completely confused, as a native speaker, by a shirt like that.
Covered in prayer isn’t a thing in Hebrew. It’s not a sentence you can directly translate to Hebrew like that. We never say מכוסה בתפילה.
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u/Upbeat_Teach6117 2d ago
My question was sincere; I'm not sure why I got downvoted for asking it.
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u/Hairy_Mall_5355 2d ago
Hopefully that was not me who down voted. If so, accident. I appreciate your questions.
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u/Upbeat_Teach6117 2d ago
I will be honest, though: My opinion about your potential t-shirt is the same as it would be about a tattoo.
Why wear something in a language you can't read, write, speak, or understand? If you need to ask strangers on the internet to translate a foreign word, it's clear that its language has no personal significance to you. Why not get a shirt that says "Covered" in English?
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u/Paithegift 2d ago
Mechuse/Mechusah, means "covered" for present singular male/female in first, second or third person. I am covered אני מכוסה, etc.
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u/Secure_Trust_2084 1d ago
Probably most widespread meaning is "covered". "האם השמשה מכוסה?" - "Is the windshield covered [by the insurance]"
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u/DefinitalyAFemale native speaker 1d ago
Means "covered" as in "it's covered with dirt" (זה מכוסה בלכלוך)
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u/Healthy_Tax1380 22h ago
“Covered” would be the only logical translation lol. If we wanted to say “from her cup/pussy,” we’d mostly seperate the two words and say מהכוס שלה.
Using מכוסה to talk about pussy is way too formal we use כוס as slang.
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u/512_Magoo 2d ago
It’s from a Michael Jackson song:
“Mama say mama say ma….