Streetwise Hebrew

An Hommage to Paris

This week, we dedicate the show to Paris and France, as a tribute to our Parisians friends who are going through a difficult phase.

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The Choice Is Yours

Everyone in Israel is talking about March 17. Any idea what’s happening on that date?

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A Spiritual Journey Through ‘Ru’ach’

Ru’ach means wind or breeze, so you’ll hear it a lot on the weather forecast at this time of year. But it also means spirit, soul, or even ghost

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Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing!

When an Israeli tells you, “al tid’ag,” or “don’t worry,” you should probably start to worry

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Ke’Ilu: You Really Can Use It, Like, Anywhere!

‘Ke’ilu’ is one of the words you hear most on the streets of Tel Aviv. It means ‘as if,’ but it’s used it in the same way as ‘kinda’ or ‘like’ in English.

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The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth

‘Truth,’ emet, and its derivatives are found in all shapes and sizes in Hebrew. Host Guy Sharett teaches us some words and expressions with the alef-mem-tav root… we mean it! Be’emet!

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Learning Hebrew? It’s ‘Davka’ Easy!

The Hebrew word דווקא does not have a direct English translation. Sometimes it means “actually”, at other times it means “particularly.” So what does the saying לעשות דווקא (to do a דווקא) mean?

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Addicted to Acronyms

We love using ראשי תיבות (acronyms) in modern Hebrew. Sometimes the transformation from word to acronym is so extreme that some words even end up changing their gender!

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To Life, L’Chaim!

The Hebrew word חיים, life, is so widely used that we just had to give it its own episode

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