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Telefon - טֵלֵפוֹן

Updated: Jul 18, 2021

Pronunciation: Te·le·fon

Literal translation: Telephone

There a quite a few words in the Hebrew dictionary that are transliterations of English words. Another great example is television or televisia in Hebrew.

The official Hebrew word for telephone is שח רחוק.

* Don't use this while talking to Israelis they probably won't know what you are talking about.