two ways to say “news” in Hebrew

חֲדָשׁוֹת, יְדִיעוֹת

The most common word for the news in Hebrew is החדשות

or simply חדשות, where the is implied. The singular form of this word, חדש, is the basic word meaning new.

For example:

שמעת חדשות היום?

Have you (a female) heard the news today?

Another word is ידיעות

, of the root י.ד.ע meaning pieces of knowledge or pieces of information.

The singular form ידיעה

appears often in contexts such as:

קיבלנו ידיעה מעניינת ביותר.

We received a most interesting piece of information.

The plural form is best known from the title of one of Israel’s leading papers, ידיעות אחרונות

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