בְּלוֹק
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. a block (building material such as a brick, concrete block, or cinder block)
2. a bloc (politics)
3. a city block
4. a block (a set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end)
Pronunciation
blok
Examples9
אֵת מִזְרָח־אֵירוֹפָּה רואה הוּא [מולוטוב] כראות ״בְּלוֹק רוּסִי״ מובהק.
He [Molotov] regards Eastern Europe as a distinct “Russian bloc”.
אֲנִי רַק במֶרְחָק שְׁלוֹשָׁה בְּלוֹקִים.
I'm only three blocks away.
תּוֹם גָּר שְׁלוֹשָׁה בְּלוֹקִים מֵהַחוֹף.
Tom lives three blocks from the beach.
הָאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה נמצאת במֶרְחָק כַּמָּה בְּלוֹקִים מִקָּצֶה הגטו.
The university is located a few blocks from the edge of the ghetto.
הָאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה ממוקמת במֶרְחָק כַּמָּה בְּלוֹקִים מִקָּצֶה הגטו.
The university is located a few blocks from the edge of the ghetto.
כֹּל הַבִּנְיָנִים בבְּלוֹק יֵהָרְסוּ.
All the buildings on this block will be demolished.