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- "להתראות!"
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I wasn't aware of it until now, but when I say it I swallow the ת, too, and I dare say all Hebrew speakers do - if I try to pronounce it it sounds unnatural to me. This is probably the case with all words ending in ת or ט with no vowel. However, this is only if the there's a speech pause after it. If it's followed by any word, the t is sound is pronounced distinctnly.
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You right! He doesn't pronounce the t at the end. This link has two Israeli speakers who say it more clearly.
https://forvo.com/word/%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA/#he
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The word comes from the root ר.א.ה which is the base of the verb "to see" = "לראות" and other words concerning sight (=ראייה).
The word להתראות literally means something like "To see each other".
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Thanks. I wasn't hearing that, either. I was hearing "lay-hee-TOE." I will keep listening. thanks.
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Here I found where we can hear other people pronouncing this: https://forvo.com/search/%d7%9c%d7%94%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%95%d7%aa/
So, to answer your question, it is not a composite word, it has only one root. Hebrew doesn't seem to have many composite words that are written as one word.
When one says "see you soon" in English it's not necessarily any different to saying 'see you later'. ie if you say "see you soon" it could be that you expect to see the person later that day, the following day, the following week. Saying "See you later" is most likely to be more immediate than saying "see you soon"