מָלוֹן

Here’s a useful word for all you tourists coming to Israel this summer: מלון

– hotel.

For example:

באיזה מלון אתם ישנים?

At what hotel are you guys staying (sleeping)?

מלון comes from the simple verb ללון

, the standard word for to sleep in Biblical Hebrew. Today ללון is considered a fancy word), while the standard word is לישון

.

More than one hotel is מלונות

.