Word
בוררות שונה מגישור.
Meaning
Arbitration is different from mediation.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about בוררות שונה מגישור.
How do you pronounce בוררות שונה מגישור?
It is pronounced roughly:
borerút shoná mi-gishúr
A more detailed breakdown:
- בוררות — borerút = arbitration
- שונה — shoná = different
- מגישור — mi-gishúr = from mediation / than mediation
So the full sentence sounds like:
borerút shoná mi-gishúr
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
Because in Hebrew, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- בוררות שונה מגישור
literally: Arbitration different from mediation
But in natural English, that means:
- Arbitration is different from mediation
This is completely normal Hebrew sentence structure.
Why does שונה mean different, and how does it work here?