גִּיר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. limestone, calcite (uncountable)
2. chalk (a piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard)) (countable)
Pronunciation
gir
Examples6
לִכְתֹּב בגִּיר זֶה דָּבָר שֶׁל מָה בכָּךְ.
Writing with chalk is trivial.
זֶה לֹא פָּשׁוּט לִכְתֹּב בגִּיר.
It is not easy to write in chalk.
הַמּוֹרֶה כּוֹתֵב בגִּיר.
The teacher is writing with a piece of chalk.
תָּבִיא לִי שְׁתֵּי חֲתִיכוֹת גִּיר.
Bring me two pieces of chalk.
תָּבִיאִי לִי שְׁתֵּי חֲתִיכוֹת גִּיר.
Bring me two pieces of chalk.
עוֹד לֹא נָטַעְתִּי כֶּרֶם עַל כֹּל גִּבְעוֹת הַגִּיר
I have not yet planted a vineyard on all the hills of lime