The Jerusalem Bridge

פַּרְסָהparsa meaning in Hebrew

U-turn (literally: a hoof / horseshoe) · noun, feminine
Illustration for the Hebrew word parsa

Somebody looked at a car swinging all the way around into the opposite lane and saw a horseshoe. The name stuck so hard that your GPS says it to you now.

תעשה פרסה בצומת הבא, פספסנו את הכניסה לחניון.

“Do a U-turn at the next junction, we missed the entrance to the parking lot.”

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