"Shalom haver, goodbye friend." Credit: Zipa Kempinsky

‘Haver,’ the Hebrew word for ‘friend,’ has had quite an amazing comeback to modern Israeli lingo. How do we use it in this day and age and how do we differentiate between a platonic friend and a serious partner?

Words and expressions discussed:

Shalom haver โ€“ Goodbye friend โ€“ ืฉืœื•ื ื—ื‘ืจ

Heye li haver โ€“ Be a friend for me โ€“ ื”ื™ื™ื” ืœื™ ื—ื‘ืจ

Tihye/Tihyi/Tihyu โ€“ Be! (Imperative) โ€“ ืชื”ื™ื”/ืชื”ื™ื™/ืชื”ื™ื•

Ze Ben, haver โ€“ This is Ben, a friend โ€“ ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ, ื—ื‘ืจ

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Ze Ben, haver yakar โ€“ This is Ben, a dear friend โ€“ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ, ื—ื‘ืจ ื™ืงืจ

Ze Ben ha-haver sheli โ€“ This is Ben, my boyfriend โ€“ ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ, ื”ื—ื‘ืจ ืฉืœื™

Ze Ben, ha-haver โ€“ This is Ben, the friend/boyfriend โ€“ ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ, ื”ื—ื‘ืจ

Ze Ben, ha-ben zoog โ€“ This is Ben, my partner โ€“ื–ื” ื‘ืŸ, ื”ื‘ืŸ ื–ื•ื’

Hu haver-haver o…? โ€“ Is he boyfriend or just a friend? โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื—ื‘ืจ-ื—ื‘ืจ, ืื•โ€ฆ?

Ken, ze ha-haver โ€“ Yes, this is the boyfriend/the friend โ€“ ื›ืŸ, ื–ื” ื”ื—ื‘ืจ

Hu haver mamash tov โ€“ He’s a really good friend โ€“ ื”ื•ื ื—ื‘ืจ ืžืžืฉ ื˜ื•ื‘

Anachnu yedidim โ€“ We’re (just) friends โ€“ ืื ื—ื ื• (ืจืง) ื™ื“ื™ื“ื™ื

Kama ha-haver lo ratsa lavo lekan hayom? โ€“ How much did the friend not want to come here today? โ€“ ื›ืžื” ื”ื—ื‘ืจ ืœื ืจืฆื” ืœื‘ื•ื ืœื›ืืŸ ื”ื™ื•ื?

Ben ha-zoog, Ha-ben zoog โ€“ The partner (m.) โ€“ ื‘ืŸ ื”ื–ื•ื’, ื”ื‘ืŸ ื–ื•ื’

Bat ha-zoog, Ha-bat zoog โ€“ The parnter (f.) โ€“ ื‘ืช ื”ื–ื•ื’, ื”ื‘ืช ื–ื•ื’

Haver shel ha-mishpacha, haver tov shel ha-mishpacha, havera tova shel ha-mishpacha โ€“ Family friend โ€“ ื—ื‘ืจ (ื˜ื•ื‘) ืฉืœ ื”ืžืฉืคื—ื”

Haverimot โ€“ Friends (m.+f.) โ€“ ื—ื‘ืจื™ื/ื•ืช, ื—ื‘ืจื™ื.ื•ืช, ื—ื‘ืจื™ืื•ืช, ื—ื‘ืจื™ืžื•ืช

Playlist:
Bill Clinton speech (1995) โ€“ Shalom Haver
Teapacks โ€“ Yesh Li Havera (lyrics)
Heye Li Haver, Heye Li Ach โ€“ Netanela (lyrics)
Agam Rodberg โ€“ Guy Pines

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1 comment on “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”

  1. Jonas Barbosa says:

    Great! I enjoy that ยดcause I always write Chaver with “chet” and the right way is with “He”. Thank you guys. Shalom.

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