שַׁחְמָט
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. chess (a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king)
Pronunciation
shakhmát
Examples37
אַתְּ יוֹדַעַת אֵיךְ מְשַׂחֲקִים שַׁחְמָט?
Do you know how to play chess?
לֹא יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁאַתָּה מְשַׂחֵק שַׁחְמָט.
I didn't know you played chess.
תּוֹם לֹא שַׂחְקָן שַׁחְמָט טוֹב.
Tom isn't a good chess player.
שָׁכַחְתִּי אֵת חוקי הַשַּׁחְמָט.
I've forgotten the rules of chess.
טום ומרי נֶהֱנוּ לְשַׂחֵק שַׁחְמָט.
Tom and Mary had a good time playing chess.
הַתּוּכַל לְלַמֵּד אוֹתִי לְשַׂחֵק שַׁחְמָט?
Can you teach me to play chess?