How to Say "Egg" in Hebrew - How To Say Guide

ביצה

beitsa

The Hebrew word for egg is ביצה (beitsa).

ביצה refers to the edible egg of a domestic fowl or the contents of such an egg used as food.

Meaning: edible egg of a domestic fowl, the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The noun ביצה is grammatically feminine. The plural form is ביצים.

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While ביצה is feminine, the plural form ביצים is frequently used as a vulgar slang term for testicles in Israeli Hebrew.
In modern Hebrew slang, the word ביצה is used to describe a closed or insular social circle, such as 'the political ביצה'.
In Jewish tradition, a hard-boiled ביצה is one of the symbolic foods eaten during the Passover Seder to remember the labor of the Israelites in Egypt.

זה נראה כמו ביצה.
It looks like an egg.
This sentence shows how to describe something that resembles a ביצה.
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אנא שלוק לי ביצה.
Please boil an egg for me.
This sentence is a polite request to have a ביצה boiled.
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ביצה אינה אלא תא.
An egg is a cell.
This sentence uses ביצה in a biological context to define a cell.
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מה תרצה לארוחת בוקר? האם תרצה ביצים?
What would you like for breakfast? Do you want eggs?
הנה, יש לי ביצים אורגניות טריות.
Here you go, I have fresh organic eggs.
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Daniel and Rotem are preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

דניאל Daniel

רוטם, יש לנו ביצה אחת במקרר.
Rotem, yesh lanu beitsa achat bamikarer.
Rotem, we have one egg in the fridge.
רוטם Rotem

זה לא מספיק לשנינו.
ze lo maspik leshnenu.
That is not enough for both of us.
דניאל Daniel

אני יכול לקנות עוד ביצה בדרך.
ani yakhol liknot od beitsa baderekh.
I can buy another egg on the way.
רוטם Rotem

מצוין, תביא בבקשה תבלית שלמות.
metzuyan, tavi bevakasha tvlit shlemot.
Great, please bring a whole carton.

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