מַטְקוֹתmatkot meaning in Hebrew
beach paddleball (the Israeli game) · noun, plural (singular מַטְקָה, matka, is the paddle)
Two sunburned guys knee-deep in the Mediterranean, smacking a little rubber ball back and forth for three hours, and neither of them is keeping score.
הגענו לחוף בשבע בבוקר, ותוך דקה כבר היו שני זוגות שמשחקים מטקות ממש ליד המגבת שלנו.
“We got to the beach at seven in the morning, and within a minute there were two pairs playing matkot right next to our towel.”
Think of the last time you sat on a Mediterranean beach—how close were the nearest matkot players to your towel?